This is what I always imagined myself doing in the south of France, sitting idly, drinking coffee, watching the people. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Verb (used without object) : to idle along the avenue. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : to idle away the afternoon. ,The strike idled many workers. ,I waited in the car while idling the engine. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : a cold engine that stalls at idle. From Dictionary.com.
But meanwhile -- "She picked up a thick book from the table, read the title idly:"'Secret Memoirs of the Favourites of the French Courts!'. From Wordnik.com. [Harriet and the Piper] Reference
"Come in," I called idly, and the door promptly opened, and to my amazement Miss Morland stood before me. From Wordnik.com. [Hurricane Island] Reference
Pepper idly is good idea, let me try. From Wordnik.com. [Pepper Idli] Reference
He turns him idly from the untasted share. From Wordnik.com. [A Voice from the Factories] Reference
I just wanted to grab a scrap of paper that he was kind of idly doodling on. From Wordnik.com. [toonzone News] Reference
I don't expect other manufacturers to idly sit by. From Wordnik.com. [Report from CEDIA: Next-gen TVs come into focus] Reference
So their elected minions sit idly on the sidelines. From Wordnik.com. [John Dougherty: The Clock Is Running Out on Net Neutrality] Reference
They idly discussed flight attendants 'work schedules. From Wordnik.com. [Death In The Mountains] Reference
So it is hard to imagine policy makers standing idly by. From Wordnik.com. [Odds-On Uncertainty as the Fed Convenes] Reference
He wondered idly if his wife had ever been unfaithful to him. From Wordnik.com. [Fifty-One] Reference
Still, nobody expects the president's enemies to stand idly by. From Wordnik.com. [GLORIA'S LAST STAND?] Reference
When we're seated again, we order two more drinks and sit idly. From Wordnik.com. [The Sink in Here Is Always Wet] Reference
He has a stick and with this stick he is idly jabbing the street. From Wordnik.com. [13 Halloweens] Reference
Meanwhile, Conservative shadow government lies in wait — but not idly. From Wordnik.com. [Moving Beyond Mrs. Thatcher] Reference
He slid a glance idly through the other passengers waiting at the lounge. From Wordnik.com. [Fifty-One] Reference
But neither Shanahan is the kind of person who idly throws out compliments. From Wordnik.com. [The Redskins' wide receivers: another breakdown] Reference
The pleasure of flicking through idly lies in the unexpected gems you come across. From Wordnik.com. [From Abbeyknockmoy To Zozimus] Reference
But with luck, we won't have to watch idly as HIV continues its ghastly world tour. From Wordnik.com. [Is Aids Forever?] Reference
You cannot idly move forward if the scene that needs remedy is behind you, right?. From Wordnik.com. [How To Rescue A Drowning Man] Reference
He sat at the piano while Lorelei leaned idly on the edge of the semicircular stage. From Wordnik.com. [Lips that Touch Liquor: The Gin Buck] Reference
Six weeks later Kushour was idly flicking through numbers in his mobile's address book. From Wordnik.com. [Saber Kushour: 'My conviction for "rape by deception" has ruined my life'] Reference
One night Mill asked idly over supper what love is, not believing her mother would know. From Wordnik.com. [Dumb Luck] Reference
If conservatives employ xenophobic rhetoric, "we will not stand idly by," says Rodriguez. From Wordnik.com. [The Question Remains] Reference
My fingers pick idly at malignant cells and the hall clock marks the minutes that remain. From Wordnik.com. [Flesh and Blood] Reference
She walked with her head down, humming like a young girl idly wasting away an autumn's day. From Wordnik.com. [Whiskers] Reference
Cora wondered idly if Mrs. Ruedy was back in America yet — another rat deserting the sinking ship. From Wordnik.com. [‘Hotel de Dream: A New York Novel’] Reference
"I just pulled a number out of the sky," she later told NEWSWEEK. The Pentagon was not sitting idly. From Wordnik.com. [How Bush Blew It] Reference
After the opening tip, the opposing Villanova players had stood idly by and let her score uncontested. From Wordnik.com. [Fair Shot Or Foul Play?] Reference
Hultquist said AT&T couldn't just "sit idly by" while its competitors tapped into the federal subsidies. From Wordnik.com. [Video Q&A with AT&T: Biggest corporate users of Web should pay more for network] Reference
Both Democrats and Republicans have stood idly by as the wage gap has turned into a Grand Canyon of inequality. From Wordnik.com. [Les Leopold: Five Washington Excuses for Ignoring the Jobs Crisis] Reference
It is unlikely that the Bosnian Serbs would stand idly by waiting for the Bosnian government to be armed by others. From Wordnik.com. [The Risk Of 'Americanizing' The War] Reference
Placing the glass on the table, she reclines into the swing, plaid skirt sweeping up her thigh, legs idly kicking. From Wordnik.com. [The Kisses of a Satyr] Reference
Not sitting idly by as competitors move in, Lunchables has introduced a new line with less fat, salt and calories. —. From Wordnik.com. [Latest baby and child news headlines] Reference
It greatly bothered King that white Christians could stand by idly while oppression of fellow human beings continued unabated. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Prevatt: What Would Ronald Reagan Do?] Reference
LIKEWISE, CLINTON AND HIS ALLIES -- AND particularly his wife, Hillary -- have not been sitting idly by while their enemies conspire. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret War] Reference
You shall not stand idly by: Leviticus 19: 16 prohibits a person of conscience to turn away from the suffering of another human being. From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi Sid Schwarz: Youth, Religion and Social Responsibility: Part II] Reference
As I idly watched them, the female walked up on to the grassy dam to preen and the ducklings followed, scampering up the bank to her side. From Wordnik.com. [Country diary: Achvaneran] Reference
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