单词 | idly |
释义 | idly (once / 1083 pages) adv WORD FAMILY idle: idled, idlely, idleness, idler, idles, idlest, idling, idly+/idleness: idlenesses/idler: idlers/idling: idlings USAGE EXAMPLESThis week, Corcoran showed that he is not willing to sit mildly and idly by when frustrated by bureaucratic stalling. Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016) In the spirit of respecting other societies, we will idly gaze at their destruction. Washington Post(Dec 15, 2016) He stood by my desk, flipped idly through the Introductory Technology textbook open before me. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus(2003) adv in an idle manner this is what I always imagined myself doing in the south of France, sitting idly, drinking coffee, watching the people Syn lazily |
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