Word "IDLY" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adverb
Definition:
in an idle manner
Synonyms:
lazily
Examples:
this is what I always imagined myself doing in the south of France, sitting idly, drinking coffee, watching the people

Crossword Clues for IDLY

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Clue Source Date
How one spent holidays a" or half of them possibly (4)
Absent-mindedly
Without acting Eugene Sheffer 27 Jun 2025
Sat ___ by (didn't act)
Lazily in vain (4)
In an aimless way LA Times Daily 03 Jun 2025
Without purpose Universal 26 May 2025
Without much attention Universal 24 May 2025
Aimlessly LA Times Daily 23 May 2025
Not in a busy way (4)
In an unfocused manner Universal 08 May 2025
Lazily takes student card left with youth leader
How some sit by New York Times 12 Apr 2025
Rapidly losing impact! (4)
Sprite goes out spiritedly but lazily (4)
Stand ___ by (watch without acting) Family Time 30 Mar 2025
In a slow or relaxed way (4)
With nothing to do Universal 26 Mar 2025
Without purpose The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 26 Mar 2025
In an aimless way USA Today 22 Mar 2025
Injured lady heartlessly, without much thought
Sluggishly, lethargically
In a lazy manner The Sun Mini 09 Feb 2025
Lazily USA Today Quick 23 Jan 2025
I had emptied lorry in a lazy way (4)
Without any sense of urgency
"Do not stand ... by if you witness injustice" (Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor)
In a lazy manner Puzzler Backwords 03 Jan 2025
In an aimless manner Newsday 22 Dec 2024
Sit __ by (do nothing) Newsday 17 Dec 2024
Inactively USA Today Quick 21 Nov 2024
Without thinking LA Times Daily 17 Nov 2024
Lazily, without hurry or aim Puzzler Backwords 12 Nov 2024
Busily denied (4)
How one spent holidays - or half of them possibly
In a lazy, aimless manner (4)
In a lazy manner Puzzler Backwords 20 Oct 2024
In a thumb-twiddling way LA Times Daily 18 Oct 2024
Lazily, leisurely (4)
Without real effort USA Today 12 Oct 2024
Surprisingly Lydia loses article in a lazy way (4)
In a sluggish manner Puzzler Backwords 28 Sep 2024
Without purpose Eugene Sheffer 24 Sep 2024
In an idle manner (4)
Not entirely avidly, but slowly or casually
In a lazy way The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 10 Sep 2024
In an aimless fashion
Lazily The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 15 Aug 2024
Slothfully (4) Puzzler 24 Jul 2024
Without urgency USA Today 04 Jul 2024
With no particular purpose, reason, or foundation (4)
Lazily covers for injured lady (4) The Guardian Quiptic 16 Jun 2024
In a nonchalant way avoid lying in part (4)
Papers sometimes play lazily
I primarily describe 'extremely lazily' like this? (4)
In a slothful manner (4)
Without much thought New York Times 14 Apr 2024
With no particular reason Thomas Joseph 09 Apr 2024
Without real effort USA Today 07 Apr 2024
In an unfocused manner Universal 28 Mar 2024
Afraid, Lydia hides in vain
Nonchalantly slowly
In a lazy way Eugene Sheffer 14 Mar 2024
Without really doing anything
How to spend a solidly sunless day off work
In an unbusy way USA Today 09 Mar 2024
Sit __ by (do nothing) Newsday 27 Feb 2024
Sit __ by (do nothing) Newsday 19 Feb 2024
Slothfully (4) Puzzler 19 Feb 2024
One way to wonder New York Times 03 Feb 2024
"I cannot sit ___ by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." -Martin Luther King Jr.
At one's leisure LA Times Daily 16 Jan 2024
In an unoccupied manner Universal 15 Jan 2024
In a lazy manner The Guardian Speedy 14 Jan 2024
In a lazing-about manner
D-I-Y landlord first takes in a nonchalant way (4)
New daily drops article in a lazy way (4)
In a lazy manner Puzzler Backwords 27 Nov 2023
Without purpose Universal 18 Nov 2023
Without purpose Newsday 29 Oct 2023
Without much attention Universal 12 Oct 2023
Without purpose New York Times 11 Jul 2023
In a lazy way Newsday 14 Jun 2023
Without direction New York Times 09 Jun 2023
Without much effort USA Today 30 May 2023
Without purpose Wall Street Journal 30 May 2023
Lazily The Telegraph Quick 12 Apr 2023
In a lazy manner The Telegraph Quick 12 Mar 2023
With no particular purpose Universal 24 Jan 2023
Without purpose Newsday 20 Jan 2023
Without purpose Wall Street Journal 03 Jan 2023
Without basis Thomas Joseph 17 Nov 2022
Without acting Eugene Sheffer 10 Oct 2022
In an aimless way Newsday 04 Oct 2022
Without much thought LA Times Daily 08 Sep 2022
Casually or without purpose
In a lazy way Premier Sunday 07 Aug 2022
Without much thought New York Times 31 Jul 2022
How you might browse Netflix Universal 27 Jun 2022
Without purpose Wall Street Journal 15 Jun 2022
Quickly shifting the blame — in vain The Times Cryptic 14 Jun 2022
Lazily The Times Concise 31 May 2022
Lazily The Telegraph Quick 11 May 2022
In a lazy way LA Times Daily 02 May 2022
In a lazy way The Washington Post 02 May 2022
With nothing to do Newsday 27 Apr 2022
Without purpose The Washington Post 27 Apr 2022
Without purpose LA Times Daily 27 Apr 2022
In a lazy way Universal 31 Mar 2022
Sit ___ (without doing much)
Sit __ by (do nothing) Newsday 14 Mar 2022
Without forethought Wall Street Journal 03 Mar 2022
In an aimless fashion
Sit ___ by (refrain from intervening)
Something consumed casually
Lady's maid dismisses Adams in a lazy manner Irish Times Crosaire 04 Sep 2021
For no good reason Wall Street Journal 10 Aug 2021
How people often scroll through social media New York Times 08 Aug 2021
Lackadaisically USA Today 03 Aug 2021
Sit ___ by (do nothing)
Lazily The Times Concise 27 May 2021
Without purpose Newsday 20 May 2021
For no good reason Newsday 18 Apr 2021
Without purpose Wall Street Journal 17 Apr 2021
Without doing anything Newsday 14 Apr 2021
Without thinking The Washington Post 12 Mar 2021
Without thinking LA Times Daily 12 Mar 2021
In a lazy way The Telegraph Quick 29 Jan 2021
Lazily The Telegraph Quick 13 Jan 2021
In a lazy way Premier Sunday 03 Jan 2021
Without purpose USA Today 15 Sep 2020
Sit ___ by The Washington Post Sunday 23 Aug 2020
Without much thought New York Times 23 Aug 2020
One way to sit by Jonesin 21 Jul 2020
In a shiftless way LA Times Daily 13 Jul 2020
In a shiftless way The Washington Post 13 Jul 2020
How to just hang around Newsday 12 Jul 2020
With no particular goal The Washington Post Sunday 05 Jul 2020
'You nailed it!' New York Times 05 Jul 2020
In an aimless way The Washington Post Sunday 14 Jun 2020
Without thinking Newsday 11 Jun 2020
Writer had vacated library in vain
In a lazy manner Family Time 27 Apr 2020
One way to speculate USA Today 07 Mar 2020
How thumbs are twiddled New York Times 02 Mar 2020
Without serious thought The Washington Post 29 Dec 2019
In a lazy way Eugene Sheffer 25 Dec 2019
Without purpose
Without purpose New York Times 10 Dec 2019
One way to stand by
One way to stand by New York Times 24 Nov 2019
Casually Jonesin 12 Nov 2019
Without basis Thomas Joseph 05 Nov 2019
Sit __ by (do nothing) Newsday 22 Oct 2019
Lady's maid dismisses Adams in a lazy manner Irish Times Crosaire 07 Sep 2019
Way to sit by Universal 12 Aug 2019
Lazily Family Time 22 Jul 2019
Without purpose Universal 03 Jul 2019
How doodles are generally drawn New York Times 02 Jul 2019
Without really thinking New York Times 10 Jun 2019
One intermittent delay, with no particular purpose
How some sit by Jonesin 19 Feb 2019
Without purpose
How doodles are generally drawn
Without really thinking
Lazy way to stand by Universal 01 Jan 2019
Lazy way to stand by
Way to sit by
Without purpose
Without acting Eugene Sheffer 11 Dec 2018
One way to sit by? Universal 07 Dec 2018
In an aimless fashion Newsday 16 Oct 2018
Sit ___ by (take no action) Jonesin 09 Oct 2018
Find play oddly cut, in trifling kind of way The Telegraph Cryptic 19 Aug 2018
How loafers stand by Universal 19 Jul 2018
Sit ___ by
Sit ___ (without doing much)
With no particular purpose Wall Street Journal 02 Jun 2018
In a listless manner USA Today 23 May 2018
In lazy fashion The Telegraph Quick 18 May 2018
In a laid-back manner USA Today 13 May 2018
How some pass time Family Time 02 Apr 2018
"He continued to sit ___ by as the argument ensued." (did nothing)
In a lazy way LA Times Daily 27 Feb 2018
In a lazy way The Washington Post 27 Feb 2018
In an aimless way Newsday 16 Jan 2018
Indeed, lazy on vacation — behaving like this?
With no particular purpose
Without much thought
In a lazy way
In a listless manner
In a laid-back manner
One way to sit by?
How loafers stand by
Stand ___ by (watch without acting) Family Time 10 Dec 2017
How thumb-twiddling is done USA Today 13 Nov 2017
One way to speculate Wall Street Journal 31 Oct 2017
One facing delay regularly in lazy mode
For no reason Newsday 27 Oct 2017
Without purpose The Washington Post Sunday 01 Oct 2017
In an aimless fashion The Washington Post 11 Sep 2017
In an aimless fashion LA Times Daily 11 Sep 2017
How doodles are drawn Premier Sunday 03 Sep 2017
One way to sit "by" Universal 09 Jul 2017
Without forethought New York Times 28 May 2017
How chatterboxes may chat The Chronicle of Higher Education 28 Apr 2017
Without doing anything Eugene Sheffer 20 Apr 2017
In an aimless manner USA Today 16 Apr 2017
One way to sit by New York Times 19 Mar 2017
In a laid-back manner LA Times Daily 26 Feb 2017
How doodles are drawn Wall Street Journal 16 Feb 2017
With little consideration Newsday 14 Jan 2017
In an aimless manner
One way to sit "by"
One way to sit by
How thumb-twiddling is done
Without purpose
Without forethought
In an aimless fashion
How chatterboxes may chat
In a laid-back manner
Relaxed way to sit by LA Times Daily 05 Dec 2016
One way to "sit by" Universal 05 Dec 2016
Without serious thought LA Times Daily 02 Nov 2016
I delay every so often; it's how I behave? The Times Cryptic 01 Nov 2016
I delay every so often; it's how I behave?
Rosa Klebb would kick stuffing out of 9 for no particular reason
Lazily Canadiana 26 Sep 2016
One way to stand by Universal 26 Sep 2016
Without much effort New York Times 09 Jul 2016
Without much thought LA Times Daily 05 Jul 2016
For no reason, I don't like your tops Irish Times Crosaire 14 May 2016
One way to stand by The Washington Post 04 May 2016
At one's leisure Universal 18 Apr 2016
Sit ___ by (do nothing) USA Today 12 Apr 2016
How casual thoughts are offered LA Times Daily 11 Mar 2016
In an aimless way USA Today 07 Mar 2016
How some sit by USA Today 23 Feb 2016
One way to stand by
Without much effort
Without serious thought
Without much thought
In a lazy manner Premier Sunday 06 Dec 2015
One way to stand by USA Today 17 Nov 2015
For no particular reason Wall Street Journal 21 Oct 2015
In a lazy manner The Times Concise 06 Oct 2015
How doodles are drawn New York Times 02 Oct 2015
In a slothful way LA Times Daily 30 Aug 2015
For no particular reason
How doodles are drawn
Standing ___ by USA Today 01 Jan 2015
In a lazy manner
In a slothful way
One way to stand by
Standing ___ by
For no reason
Ideologically disheartened without thinking
How some sit by
With no particular aim
Without really thinking about it
Without acting
Way to sit by?
Sit __ by (do nothing)
In a casual way
With no apparent purpose
In a lazy way
How to stand by?
Without thinking
Sit ___ by
Without doing anything
Without purpose
Without purpose
Without purpose
In an inactive way
How some people chatter
How some people chatter
How thumbs are twiddled
For no real reason
In a frivolous way
In a lazy way
See 3 Down
In a laid-back manner
Stand ___ by (watch without acting)
One way to speculate
How thumbs are twiddled
As a sluggard would
How some stand by
How doodles are usually drawn New York Times 18 Apr 2011
Way to stand by
How a lazybones hangs around
Without urgency
Lazy way to sit by
Lazy way to sit by
One way to sit by
How doodles are usually drawn
In a casual way
Stand ___ by
In a casual way
With no apparent purpose
How doodles are drawn
How thumbs are twiddled
Without aim
In a casual way
One way to stand by
In a lazy way
One way to chatter
Without a specific goal
With passivity
One way to sit by
Without a specific goal
With no apparent purpose
Way to stand by
In a laid-back fashion
Without purpose
How some stand by?
One way to sit by
Without doing much
Without effort
In the manner of a slacker
Without much thought
In an aimless way
In a lazy manner
In a slothful way
Lazily
Without doing much
Without urgency
Without much thought
How some stand by
In a purposeless manner
In a lazy way
Without urgency
For no particular reason
Without doing anything
In a casual manner
One way to sit
Without doing anything
In an offhand way
In a ho-hum manner
As a loafer would
In an inactive way
One way to chatter
Without basis
One way to stand by
With nothing to do
In a ho-hum manner
In an aimless way
In an aimless fashion
In a purposeless manner
In an aimless fashion
Without doing anything
How some threats come across
In a casual way
With seeming indifference
Without purpose
Sit ___ by
Without aim
Without purpose
Without purpose
Without urgency or purpose
How doodles are drawn
Without expending much energy
For no particular reason
In a lazy manner
Without interest
In a casual way
Without purpose
Sans purpose
One way to stand by
In a shiftless way
In an aimless manner
One way to stand by
With no apparent purpose
In an otiose manner
One way to stand by
At one's leisure
With indolence
With no apparent purpose
In a laid-back manner
With thumbs atwiddle
In a lethargic manner
Sans purpose
Without thinking
Frivolously
How one may hang around
Without doing anything
Without thinking
Without basis
Without purpose
Without reacting
Sans purpose
Lazily
One way to stand by
Without doing much
Sit by _____ (do nothing)
In a lazy manner
Without serious thought
In a lazy way
Without doing much
In a laid-back fashion
Lazily
In a trivial way
"And my fingers wandered ___..."
"And my fingers wandered ___"
How some people chatter
Indolently
Without hurrying
One way to sit
Without thought
In a useless way
In an offhand manner
Without thought
Without thinking
Casually
Without effort
Without urgency
In a vain manner
In vain
How to stand by?
With nothing to do
To no avail
Inactively
How otiose people spend time
In an otiose way
"And my fingers wandered ___ . . . ": Procter
How some stand by
In a lazy manner
Indolently
How fainéants spend time
In a casual way
Lackadaisically
Uselessly
Without purpose.
Carelessly.
In a useless way.
Lazily.
Aimlessly.
Vainly.
In vain.
In a not-really-paying-attention fashion
In a lazy way.
Ineffectively.
Without interest
Indolently.
Casually.
Without aim.
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