idly

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

I'DLY, adverb In an idle manner; without employment. 1. Lazily; sluggishly. 2. Foolishly; uselessly; in a trifling way. A shilling spent idly by a fool, may be saved by a wiser person. 3. Carelessly; without attention. 4. Vainly; ineffectually; as, to reason idly against truth.
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