Idly

Definition of Idly

Idly means doing something without purpose or being lazy.

How should Idly divide into syllables

The word idly has two syllables. The first syllable has a short vowel sound 'i' and the second syllable has a long vowel sound 'ee'. In this word, 'i' and 'y' are vowels, and 'd' and 'l' are consonants.

Part of Speech - Idly

He was idly sitting on the couch.

Sentences with Idly

• She idly flipped through the magazine without reading anything.
• He idly scrolled through his phone while waiting for his food.
• The cat was idly licking its paws.
• The kids were idly playing with their toys.
• She idly daydreamed about her vacation plans.
• He idly watched the people walking by.
• The worker was idly staring out the window.
• The dog was idly wagging its tail.
• They were idly chatting about the weather.
• The students were idly doodling in their notebooks.

Quotes with Idly

• Time wasted in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has - Anita Brookner
• It is better to have loafed and lost than never to have loafed at all. - James Thurber
• The lazy man is never more busy than when he is at leisure - proverb
• It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top. - Henry Ward Beecher
• The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time. - Bertrand Russell
• The best time to relax is when you don't have time for it. - Sydney J. Harris
• Procrastination is the thief of time. - Edward Young
• Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four-hour days. - Zig Ziglar
• Time is what we want most, but what we use worst. - William Penn
• The trouble with being in the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat. - Lily Tomlin
• I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back. - Abraham Lincoln
• To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent. - Buddha
• You may delay, but time will not. - Benjamin Franklin
• Time is a created thing. To say 'I don't have time,' is like saying, 'I don't want to. - Lao Tzu
• As you grow older, you'll find the only things you regret are the things you didn't do. - Zachary Scott
• The purpose of our lives is to be happy. - Dalai Lama
• The true definition of mental illness is when the majority of your time is spent in the past or future, but rarely living in the realism of NOW. - Shannon L. Alder
• The time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. - Douglas Coupland
• I don't have time to worry about things that I don't have control over because my time is better spent working on things I can control. - Drake
• Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend. - Theophrastus

Number of characters in Idly

4 ( i, d, l, y )

Unique letters in Idly

4 ( i, d, l, y )

Idly Backwards

yldi

Phonetic Transcription of Idly

IPA (International): ˈaɪdli:

ARA (American): ˈaɪdli

EPA (English): ˈaɪdli:

AY-DLIY