idly

1. 1.

   in an idle manner

   “this is what I always imagined myself doing in the south of France, sitting idly, drinking coffee, watching the people”

   Synonymslazily

Questions about idly

What does idly mean?

idly means "in an idle manner".

How many syllables are in idly?

idly has 2 syllables: id-ly. The stress falls on "id". In IPA it is /ˈaɪdli/.

What is another word for idly?

Close synonyms include lazily. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is idly a common word?

idly is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.