idly [ˈaɪdlɪ]
adverb
(in a leisurely way) ociosamente; (without doing anything) sin hacer nada; (absentmindedly) distraídamente; (to pass the time) [+chat] para pasar el rato (uselessly) vanamente; inútilmente she found it impossible to sit idly at home le resultaba imposible sentarse en casa sin hacer nada; he glanced idly out of the window miró distraído por la ventana; I wondered idly if he had meant what he said me preguntaba inadvertidamente si lo que había dicho iba en serio; to stand sit idly byor estarse de brazos cruzados
