talk idly
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Imagining herself in Chelsea's predicament, Monica used to talk idly, Ginsburg says, about "poor Chelsea" having to live in a college dorm with Secret Service agents nearby.
From Time Magazine Archive
To CLAIVER, CLAVER, v. a. to talk idly.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. by Leighton, Alexander
Chatter, chat′er, v.i. to talk idly or rapidly: to sound as the teeth when one shivers.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
I had to bear up a little while, for they were in my house, and I must bid them good-night, and talk idly, so that they should not suspect the wound I had.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 by Various
Do I talk idly, or is this the truth?
From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles
