idly

adv

1. Without specific purpose, intent or effort.

   “I idly played with the paper, not even realizing I was folding it into a paper airplane.”

2. In an idle manner.

noun

1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of idli.

   “A Tamil breakfast starts with idly (steamed rice cakes) with sambhar (hot, spicy and sour lentils with vegetables) and rasams (broth of lentil, spiced) and upma (cooked course wheat), lunch is generally dosai (thin crepes), vadas (deep fried nuggets of lentils) with sambhar.”