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idly
adverb as in lazily
Strongest matches
Weak match
Example Sentences
“Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent.”
Still, he wasn’t one to sit idly by, waiting on a problem to solve itself.
Famine is taking place in Gaza - just a short drive away from hundreds of trucks of aid sitting idly outside its borders.
You don’t stand idly by as your sworn enemy assumes even more power to mess with you — you toss that problem elsewhere if you can.
Later, elaborating on social media, the governor accused Republicans of cheating their way to extra House seats and warned, “CA is watching — and you can bet we won’t stand idly by.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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