idly Copy link Outline I. Inactively1. segnĭter (dilatorily, slowly)2. expr. by ōtiōsus, dēses (doing nothingII. Without effect • idly: I. Inactively: 1. segnĭter (dilatorily, slowly): Join: segniter, otiose, negligenter, Liv. 2, 58. 2. expr. by ōtiōsus, dēses (doing nothing: comp. L. G. § 343) ought we to look i. on, an oportet nos desides sedere atque spectare? v. idle (I., 1, 4). II. Without effect: expr. by vānus, irrĭtus: v. fruitlessly.