Idly vs. Lazily
Difference Between Idly and Lazily
Idly➦
Not employed or busy
idle carpenters.
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Lazily➦
Not willing to work or be energetic.
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Idly➦
Disinclined to work or be active; lazy
“a man who could seem idle, ignorant, even incompetent, yet was able to understand and to express ... the instincts, good and bad, of the American majority” (Godfrey Hodgson).
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Lazily➦
Slow-moving; sluggish
a lazy river.
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Idly➦
Not in use or operation
idle hands.
idle mills.
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Lazily➦
Conducive to inactivity or indolence
a lazy summer day.
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Idly➦
(Sports) Not scheduled to play a game
Both teams played today but will be idle tomorrow.
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Lazily➦
Depicted as reclining or lying on its side. Used of a brand on livestock.
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Idly➦
Being a period of time in which there is little or no activity
passed idle hours watching TV.
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Lazily➦
In a lazy manner.
She lazily scrubbed the pot, but without some real elbow grease it wasn't going to get clean.
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Idly➦
Lacking substance, value, or basis
idle speculation.
idle threats.
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Lazily➦
In a slow manner.
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Idly➦
To pass time without being engaged in purposeful activity
“The girls idled all day long, sending their tinkling laughter flowing up and down the street” (Alai).
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Lazily➦
In a lazy manner.
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Idly➦
To move slowly or without purpose
“I drove past the workshop ... I idled along the driveway past the pole fence ... to Tyhee Road” (Tom Spanbauer).
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Lazily➦
in a slow and lazy manner;
I watched the blue smoke drift lazily away on the still air
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Idly➦
To run at a slow speed or out of gear. Used of a motor or motor vehicle.
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Lazily➦
in an idle manner;
this is what I always imagined myself doing in the south of France, sitting idly, drinking coffee, watching the people
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Idly➦
To pass (time) without doing anything
idle the afternoon away.
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Idly➦
To make or cause to be unemployed or inactive
layoffs that idled 1,000 factory workers.
a plant that was idled by a strike.
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Idly➦
To cause (a motor, for example) to idle.
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Idly➦
A state of idling. Used of a motor vehicle
an engine running quietly at idle.
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Idly➦
A mechanism for regulating the speed at which an engine runs at rest
set the idle higher to keep the motor from stalling.
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Idly➦
Without specific purpose, intent or effort. 9
I idly played with the paper, not even realizing I was folding it into a paper airplane.
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Idly➦
In an idle manner. 14
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Idly➦
In a idle manner; ineffectually; vainly; lazily; carelessly; (Obs.) foolishly.
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Idly➦
in an idle manner;
this is what I always imagined myself doing in the south of France, sitting idly, drinking coffee, watching the people
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