I got down the book, and read all I came to read: and then, in an unthinking moment, I idly turned the leaves, and began to indolently study diseases, generally.
Idly creating resistance by pushing against counters or twisting carefully while opening the fridge during meal preparation is still exercise of a sort that loosens and relaxes.
British Airways, well, they were not so pleased by this new threat to their previously unchallenged supremacy, and they certainly did not sit idly by while Virgin kept gobbling up the market share.
Harry did not even attempt to follow what he was saying today; he doodled idly on his parchment ignoring Hermione's frequent glares and nudges, until a particularly painful poke in the ribs made him look up angrily.
Harry was sitting in the tent entrance, on guard duty, staring idly at a clump of grape hyacinths that had forced their way through the chilly ground, when Ron shouted excitedly from inside the tent.
Why should you think that beauty, which is the most precious thing in the world, lies like a stone on the beach for the careless passer-by to pick up idly?
The water at the back of the house could be heard, idly spinning whirpools in its creep between the rows of dry feather-headed reeds which formed a stockade along each bank.
If you're a hockey player, it's intentional and strenuous practice on your conditioning, puck handling, passing, or shooting, not idly skating around and shooting on the net for fun.
Return, forgetful Muse, and straight redeem In gentle numbers time so idly spent; Sing to the ear that doth thy lays esteem And gives thy pen both skill and argument.