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# idly

«idly» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a lazy way, doing nothing useful** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (from idle)

### meaning for a pupil

1) In a lazy way, doing nothing useful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/idly/#m1)

2) In a dreamy, careless way, without real purpose, as when thoughts drift. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/idly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a character sits or speaks without much purpose, sometimes wondering aloud

### examples

- The boy sat idly on the wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/idly/#x1)
- «Why are you lying there idly?» she asked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/idly/#x2)
- She idly picked at the grass while she thought. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/idly/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «idly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/idly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.