as in sleepily
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Additionally, the best activists — like Loeb — have activism in their blood and cannot morally stand idly by while management harms shareholders.
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Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 1 Feb. 2025
Laverne Cox was all smiles before Sunday’s Emmy Awards, idly chatting up icons including Billy Crystal, Reba McEntire and Jodie Foster on the red carpet.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2024
Still, his threats are not taken idly by Panamanians who consider the canal to be central to their national identity and depend on lucrative canal traffic.
—Patrick Oppmann, CNN, 20 Jan. 2025
Famously grumpy, Newton probably didn't come up with his theory of gravity from idly sitting and daydreaming beneath a tree while an apple fell on his head, as the old story goes.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 13 Jan. 2025
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Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 1 Feb. 2025
Laverne Cox was all smiles before Sunday’s Emmy Awards, idly chatting up icons including Billy Crystal, Reba McEntire and Jodie Foster on the red carpet.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2024
Still, his threats are not taken idly by Panamanians who consider the canal to be central to their national identity and depend on lucrative canal traffic.
—Patrick Oppmann, CNN, 20 Jan. 2025
Famously grumpy, Newton probably didn't come up with his theory of gravity from idly sitting and daydreaming beneath a tree while an apple fell on his head, as the old story goes.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 13 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for idly
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“Idly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idly. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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