different between inly vs idly

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English inly, from Old English inl?c (“inner, inward”), equivalent to in +? -ly.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??nli/

Adjective

inly (comparative more inly, superlative most inly)

1. (obsolete) Inward; interior; secret.

Etymology 2

From Middle English inly, inliche, from Old English inl??e (“inwardly”), equivalent to in +? -ly.

Adverb

inly (comparative more inly, superlative most inly)

1. (now rare) Inwardly, within; internally; secretly.
   • 1738, Paul Gerhard, "Thou Hidden Love of God," translated by John Wesley, in The Wesleyan Methodist Hymn Book, London, 1869, p.325, [1]

     Thou hidden love of God, whose height, / Whose depth unfathom'd no man knows; I see from far they beauteous light, / Inly I sigh for thy repose:

   • 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Vol. II, Chapter XXXV, [2]

     His heart inly relented,—there was a conflict,—but sin got the victory, and he set all the force of his rough nature against the conviction of his conscience.

   • 1852, Matthew Arnold, "Human Life" in The Poems of Matthew Arnold, 1840-1867, Oxford University Press, 1909, lines 1-6 [3]

     What mortal, when he saw, / Life's voyage done, his heavenly Friend, / Could ever yet dare tell him fearlessly: / 'I have kept uninfring'd my nature's law; / The inly-written chart thou gavest me / To guide me, I have steer'd by to the end'?

   • 1909, Thomas Hardy, "The Flirt's Tragedy" in Time's Laughingstocks and Other Verses, London: Macmillan & Co., 1928, [4]

     Thus tempted, the lust to avenge me / Germed inly and grew.

   • 1914, Rabindranath Tagore, The King of the Dark Chamber, New York: Macmillan, p. 132, [5]

     A mighty forest inly smokes and smoulders before it bursts into a conflagration:

2. (obsolete) Heartily, completely, fully, thoroughly; extremely.

Anagrams

• lyin'

English

Alternative forms

• idlely (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English idely, ydelly, idelliche, from Old English ?dell??e, equivalent to idle +? -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?d(?)l?/

Adverb

idly (comparative more idly, superlative most idly)

1. Without specific purpose, intent or effort. [from 9th c.]

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

2. In an idle manner. [from 14th c.]

Translations

References

• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928) , “Idly”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume V (H–K), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 24, column 2.

Anagrams

• idyl, ylid