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Inly vs Idly - What's the difference?

inly | idly |

As adverbs the difference between inly and idly

is that inly is inwardly, within; internally; secretly while idly is in an idle manner.

As an adjective inly

is inward; interior; secret.

inly

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (obsolete) Inward; interior; secret.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Didst thou but know the inly touch of love.

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Inwardly, within; internally; secretly.
  • * Milton
    • whereat he inly raged
  • * Thomas Hardy
    • Thus tempted, the lust to avenge me / Germed inly and grew.
  • (obsolete) Heartily, completely, fully, thoroughly; extremely.
  • * , II.xi:
    • Ne was their salue, ne was their medicine, / That mote recure their wounds: so inly they did tine.

    idly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In an idle manner.
  • Without specific purpose, intent or effort.
    • I idly played with the paper, not even realizing I was folding it into a paper airplane.

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