In an aimless way

The answer

IDLY

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IDLY answer page.

Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• ERRANTLY (1 uses in xd)

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
• One way to sit by - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• How doodles are drawn - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• How some stand by - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• 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.

• Way out - EXIT, used 285 times
• Way off - AFAR, used 229 times
• Way out there - AFAR, used 104 times
• One way to run - AMOK, used 102 times
• "The Way We ___" - WERE, used 82 times
• Way of walking - GAIT, used 72 times

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