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idly, adv.|ˈaɪdlɪ|
Forms: 1 ídellice, 4 ideliche, idillich, idili, ydilly, 6 idlelie, ydlelye, id-, ydelly, idiely, idlie, 6–7 idely, 6–8 idlely, 6– idly
[f. idle a. + -ly2.]
1. Vainly, in vain; uselessly; frivolously, carelessly, ineffectively (cf. idle a., senses 2–3).
c825Vesp. Psalter lxxxviii. 48 [lxxxix. 47] Nales soðlice idellice [L. vane] ðu ᵹesettes bearn monna. c1380Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. II. 341 Þanne Crist hadde died for nouȝt and ideliche, wiþouten cause. 1382― Deut. v. 11 Thow shalt not mystaak the name of the Lord thi God idillich. 1565Jewel Def. Apol. (1611) 262 If ye list to cauill..and..idlely to play with the words and phrases of the ancient Fathers. 1625Hart Anat. Ur. ii. xi. 122 [It] is not a thing so slightly to be passed ouer, as many may idlely imagine. 1700J. A. Astry tr. Saavedra-Faxardo II. 89 When a Prince idlely squanders away his subjects fortunes. 1764Goldsm. Trav. 256 Thus idly busy rolls their world away. 1807G. Chalmers Caledonia I. i. iv. 121 Stukeley idly placed Colania, at Colechester, or Peebles. 1842Mrs. Browning Grk. Chr. Poets (1863) 70 Our heart is stirred, and not ‘idly’. 1871R. Ellis Catullus v. 11 Then once heedfully counted all the thousands, We'll uncount them as idly.
†b. Incoherently (from affection of the brain), deliriously. Obs.
1565–73Cooper Thesaurus, Aliena loqui,..to speake idiely in sickenesse. a1601? Marston Pasquil & Kath. iii. 93 My brother will not liue long, he talkes idlely alreadie. 1632tr. Bruel's Praxis Med. 399 They which talk idlely with amazednes..for the most part die.
2. In an idle or lazy way; without working; inactively, indolently (cf. idle a., senses 4–6).
1375Barbour Bruce iv. 411 Othir syndry ȝeid thame by, As thai war masteris, ydilly. 1528Tindale Obed. Chr. Man Wks. (1573) 154/2 To get thee into a den, and lyue idlely, profitable to no man. 1547Act 1 Edw. VI, c. 3 §10 Going loitering idlely about. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 309 They..live idly upon almes. 1651Isaackson in Fuller's Abel Rediv., Andrewes (1867) II. 160 He lived not idlely. 1736Franklin Ess. Wks. 1840 II. 81 He that idly loses five shillings' worth of time, loses five shillings. 1808Scott Marm. vi. xx, And why stands Scotland idly now? 1874Green Short Hist. iii. §5. 139 Sheriffs had stood idly by while the violence was done. |