Clues for the word "IDLY"
We've had 118 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 368 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on February 20, 2026.
Definition of idly
- adv. - In a idle manner; ineffectually; vainly; lazily; carelessly; (Obs.) foolishly.
Referring Clues
- Sans purpose
- Without thought
- Without purpose
- One way to stand by
- Without serious thought
- In a lazy way
- Lazily
- Frivolously
- Without much thought
- Way to stand by
- Without doing anything
- One way to sit
- Without thinking
- With no apparent purpose
- How one may hang around
- In a shiftless way
- Without expending much energy
- In a laid-back manner
- Without effort
- One way to sit by
- Without a specific goal
- Without aim
- How doodles are drawn
- Without basis
- In a slothful way
- In an aimless fashion
- With nothing to do
- For no particular reason
- In an aimless way
- How some stand by?
- In the manner of a slacker
- In a laid-back fashion
- Without doing much
- Without urgency
- How some people chatter
- In a purposeless manner
- How some stand by
- In a lazy manner
- In a casual manner
- Without urgency or purpose
- With indolence
- In an otiose manner
- In a lethargic manner
- How thumbs are twiddled
- In a casual way
- One way to chatter
- How doodles are usually drawn
- Casually
- Stand ___ by
- Indolently
- How a lazybones hangs around
- Sit ___ by (do nothing)
- Lazy way to sit by
- In a frivolous way
- Without acting
- With no particular reason
- In an inactive way
- As a loafer would
- See 3 Down
- As a sluggard would
- For no real reason
- Stand ___ by (watch without acting)
- Unthinkingly
- For no reason
- One way to speculate
- In an off hand manner
- Sit ___ by
- In an offhand manner
- Way to sit by?
- In a aimless way
- With no particular aim
- Standing ___ by
- At one's leisure
- How some sit by
- How casual thoughts are offered
- Without much effort
- In an aimless manner
- In vain
- Relaxed way to sit by
- One way to "sit by"
- With laziness
- With little consideration
- Without forethought
- One way to sit "by"
- How thumb-twiddling is done
- Leisurely
- How some sit about
- Knock off rapidly - lazily, in fact
- Rapidly knock off, thus showing laziness
- How to spend a solidly sunless day off work
- How one stands by?
- Busily denied
- In a lazy fashion
- How people may stand by
- Poem cut and edited to be on standby
- How chatterboxes may chat
- Offhandedly
- Avoid lying around in a lazy way
- Afraid, Lydia hides in vain
- How some pass time
- In a listless manner
- With no particular purpose
- How loafers stand by
- One way to sit by?
- Lazy way to stand by
- Without really thinking
- How doodles are generally drawn
- How one spent holidays - or half of them possibly
- How to just hang around
- Lackadaisically
- How people often scroll through social media
- Without direction
- Not entirely avidly, but slowly or casually
- One way to wonder
- In an unbusy way
- Without real effort
- In a thumb-twiddling way
- Aimlessly
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - February 20, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - December 25, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - December 25, 2025
- Daily American - December 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 23, 2025
- LA Times - November 17, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - November 03, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - October 28, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - October 08, 2025
- Daily American - September 05, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 03, 2025
- Daily American - August 19, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 13, 2025
- LA Times - June 03, 2025
- Daily American - May 24, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - May 24, 2025
- Your Life Choices - May 23, 2025
- LA Times - May 23, 2025
- Your Life Choices - May 17, 2025
- New York Times - April 12, 2025
- USA Today - March 22, 2025
- Your Life Choices - February 22, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - January 24, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - December 27, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - December 12, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - November 28, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 07, 2024
- Daily American - October 27, 2024
- LA Times - October 18, 2024
- USA Today - October 12, 2024
- And in 338 more crossword puzzles...