ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What does the word ‘idly mean?
A
Boat
B
Noise
C
Doing nothing
D
The pointed top of a mountain or ridge
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -/ˈaɪd.li/ without any particular purpose: I was just glancing idly through a magazine. doing nothing: She lay idly on the grass.

Detailed explanation-2: -DEFINITIONS1. to see something bad happening without trying to prevent it. The government was accused of standing idly by while unemployment soared. Synonyms and related words. To not act, or to not do something.

Detailed explanation-3: -Definitions of idle talk. idle or foolish and irrelevant talk. synonyms: blether, chin music, prate, prattle. type of: cackle, chatter, yack, yak, yakety-yak. noisy talk.

Detailed explanation-4: -The adverb idly describes any action that isn’t particularly active, and it comes from idle, “lazy or unemployed, ” and its Germanic root meaning “worthless."

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