Without much thought
The crossword clue "Without much thought" is answered by IDLY, a 4-letter entry. Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
IDLY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IDLY answer page.
Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 6 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.
- ATTHEDROPOFAHAT (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 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
- 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.
- Not as much - LESS, used 378 times
- Without - SANS, used 275 times
- Thought - IDEA, used 225 times
- Not so much - LESS, used 171 times
- Very much - ALOT, used 162 times
- Creative thought - IDEA, used 155 times
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