idly

名词 n. 副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Alternative spelling of idli. alt-of,alternative
    — A Tamil breakfast starts with idly (steamed rice cakes) with sambhar (hot, spicy and sour lentils with vegetables) and rasams (broth of lentil, spiced) and upma (cooked course wheat), lunch is generally dosai (thin crepes), vadas (deep fried nuggets of lentils) with sambhar.
副词 adv.
  1. Without specific purpose, intent or effort.
    — I idly played with the paper, not even realizing I was folding it into a paper airplane.
  2. In an idle manner.

词形变化

more idly comparative most idly superlative idlely alternative,obsolete idlily alternative,rare idlies plural

词汇关系

衍生词
sit idly by

词源

词源 1
From Middle English idely, ydelly, idelliche, from Old English īdellīċe, equivalent to idle + -ly.
词源 2
From Tamil இட்லி (iṭli), Kannada ಇಡ್ಲಿ (iḍli).
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