idly

/ˈʌɪdli/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈʌɪdli/

idly

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Final y vowel sound

id - ly -> idly

Myanmar meaning

(adv) ရည်ရွယ်ချက်မရှိ။ အကြောင်းမဲ့သက်သက်။ အလဟဿ။

Full entry

idle / 'aÇdl / adj

၁။ (က) မလှုပ်ရှား မတက်ကြွသော။ အသုံးမကျ သော။ အားနေသော။
The factory machines lay idle during the workers' strike.
(ခ) အလုပ်မရှိသော။ Many people were idle during the depression.
၂။ အချည်းနှီး ဖြစ်သော။ အချိန်ဖြုန်းသော။
We spent many idle hours just sitting in the sun.
၃။ ချောင်ခိုသော။ ပျင်းရိသော။ an idle student ❍ Researchers, however, have not been idle and have found new evidence to support the theory.
၄။ အချည်းနှီးဖြစ်သော။ အလဟဿဖြစ်သော။ တန်ဖိုး မရှိသော။ အခြေအမြစ်မရှိသော။ an idle boast / threat / promise ❍ idle curiosity / speculation / gossip ❍ It is idle to pretend that things are getting better.
v
၁။ အလဟဿနေသည်။ အချိန်ဖြုန်းသည်။ လေသည်။ အလုပ်ကိုရှောင်သည်။ Stop idling and help me clean up. ❍ spend the afternoon idling around (the pool).
၂။ (အင်ဂျင်) နှိုး၍အလွတ်လည်စေသည်။
❑ idle sth away [PHRV ] အချိန်ဖြုန်းသည်။
idle away the hours watching television.
❑ idleness n [U] အလုပ်လက်မဲ့ဖြစ်ခြင်း။
have / suffer six months of enforced idleness.
❑ idler / 'aÇdlǝ(r) / n လူပျင်း။ a group of idlers gathered on the corner.
❑ idly / 'aÇdli / adv ရည်ရွယ်ချက်မရှိ။ အကြောင်းမဲ့သက်သက်။ အလဟဿ။
He idly stroked his beard. ❍ ‘So, what next?’ she said idly. ❍ Her words were not spoken idly.
❍ We can't sit idly by and let the countryside be destroyed (ie do nothing to prevent it).

More examples

The extra power stations are idle when demand is lower.
[stand/lie/sit idle] : Valuable machinery is left to lie idle for long periods.
Many men were made idle as the mills closed down.
Get upstairs and wake up that idle brother of yours.
You’re just bone idle, the lot of you.
Don’t worry. I have not been idle while you were away.
This country will not remain idle if its friends are attacked.
It was only from idle curiosity that she opened the book.
Idle chatter/gossip
[idle threat] : It didn’t sound like an idle threat to me (=it was a real threat).

Synonyms

Antonyms

acquit oneself, act, act like, act the part, advantaged, alter conviction, answer back, apply oneself, back to the salt mines, bang away at, be active with, be affected, be aware of, be born again, be concerned with, be determined, be engaged in, be gainfully employed, be good enough, be good enough for, be in action, be running, bump heads, caricatured, caring for, cast about, chouse, confer trust, convert, deliver the goods, devote to, disciplined, do, do a job, do a turn, do battle, do duty as, do to a turn, double as, dress as, embark upon, emcee, exert oneself, fag, fight, garrisoned, get ready, get results, give a try, give access, give satisfaction, give to do, gloss over, go against, go for broke, go for the jugular, go like, go out for, go that route, go the limit, go to town, going all out, grub, ham up, hang in, have a job, have a stab, have a whack, have at one's disposal, have one's nose to grindstone, have vibes, hold attention, hold fast, jump in, keep busy, keep going, keep nose to grindstone, lay an egg, live in, living in