idly

idly
[ˈaɪdlɪ]
adverbio
1ociosamente (inactively)
  • to stand idly by -> estar sin hacer nada
2despreocupadamente (casually)

idly [aid-li]
adverbio
1Ociosamente, tontamente; inútilmente, vanamente.

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
We talked idly, about magazines and baseball
(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
a superpower cannot stand idly by in the face of what's called `the humanitarian nightmare

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