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IDLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In an idle manner
Example:
this is what I always imagined myself doing in the south of France, sitting idly, drinking coffee, watching the people
Synonyms:
idly; lazily
Classified under:
Pertainym:
idle (not in action or at work)
Context examples:
The gushing fountains which sparkle in the sun, must not be stopped in mere caprice; the oasis in the desert of Sahara must not be plucked up idly.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Don't you think, if I had had her for a friend a long time ago, Doady, said Dora, her bright eyes shining very brightly, and her little right hand idly busying itself with one of the buttons of my coat, I might have been more clever perhaps?
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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