Why would you spend the day idly at home when it's such a beautiful day outside?¿Por qué pasarías todo el día ociosamente en casa cuando es un día tan bonito?
He was sitting idly at his desk while we were moving the boxes for him.Él estaba sentado sin hacer nada en su escritorio mientras que nosotros movíamos las cajas.
Danilo was sitting at his desk tapping idly, when he noticed the teacher was trying to get his attention.Danilo estaba dando golpecitos en su escritorio distraídamente cuando se dio cuenta de que la maestra quería captar su atención.
(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 homele resultaba imposible sentarse en casa sin hacer nada;he glanced idly out of the windowmiró distraído por la ventana;I wondered idly if he had meant what he saidme preguntaba inadvertidamente si lo que había dicho iba en serio;to stand or sit idly byestarse de brazos cruzados
a superpower cannot stand idly by in the face of what's called `the humanitarian nightmare
