Clues for the word "IDLY"
We've had 117 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 349 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on April 12, 2025.
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
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- 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
Last Seen In
- 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
- Daily American - October 09, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - September 24, 2024
- Daily American - September 18, 2024
- Your Life Choices - August 31, 2024
- Your Life Choices - July 24, 2024
- Your Life Choices - July 16, 2024
- USA Today - July 04, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - June 25, 2024
- Your Life Choices - May 18, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - May 13, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - May 11, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - May 10, 2024
- Your Life Choices - May 02, 2024
- Daily American - May 02, 2024
- New York Times - April 14, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 09, 2024
- USA Today - April 07, 2024
- Daily American - April 03, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - March 27, 2024
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