Emily Dickinson Lexicon

I'DLY, adv.

1. In an idle manner, without employment.
2. Lazily; sluggishly.
3. Foolishly; uselessly; in a trifling way. A shilling spent idly by a fool, may be saved by a wiser person. Franklin.
4. Carelessly; without attention. Prior.
5. Vainly; ineffectually; as, to reason idly against truth.