How some stand by
The crossword clue "How some stand by" is answered by IDLY, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
IDLY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IDLY answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for IDLY
Every other clue in this collection answered by IDLY, most used first.
- Without purpose - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- In a lazy way - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- One way to stand by - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Without acting - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Without thinking - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Sit __ by (do nothing) - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Without doing anything - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
- Without much thought - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Without urgency - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- In a casual way - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
- Lazily - used 10 times, most recently in 2008
- Without basis - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- In a lazy manner - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- In an aimless fashion - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- In an aimless way - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- One way to sit by - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- How doodles are drawn - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- In a laid-back manner - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- In a purposeless manner - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
- Sit ___ by (take no action) - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- With no particular purpose - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- "How sweet ___!" - ITIS, used 140 times
- Some - AFEW, used 116 times
- Let it stand - STET, used 108 times
- Like some vaccines - ORAL, used 103 times
- Stand up - RISE, used 92 times
- Some whiskeys - RYES, used 81 times
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