idly in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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Without optimum coding, such a machine would spend most of its time idly waiting for instructions and data.
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Here adults and the narrator are lying down on quilts, talking sparsely and idly.
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As such, the monk could not stand idly by and allow the oppression of the common people.
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We've all experienced that helpless feeling of standing by idly while someone you love is sufferingand wished that you could absorb the impact for them.
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Following this explosive event the bishops could not stand idly by.
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Some of them did not idly pass by.
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In most western cultures, politeness dictates that it is inappropriate to idly look around.
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We will not stand idly by and the holy warriors' blood will not be shed in vain.
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Domestic manufacturers, once the core base of support for economic nationalism, were idly contented to become managers or partners of the multinationals.
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Neither will sit by idly and watch an opponent show up their team.
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