It’s an older use, to the point that I’ve never heard it used. Merriam marks that definition as “old-fashioned” (which is a bit odd, because I thought they only used the archaic or obsolete terms).
The lazy sense is probably what’s meant from the old bible quote about “idle hands” related to the devil.
Very lazy = idle?
No? Or is my english bad?
Kinda, kinda not. To me, idle means “not doing anything at the moment”, e.g. “standing idly by”, which is definitely different than “very lazy”.
Yeah. Same.
Indolent.
It’s an older use, to the point that I’ve never heard it used. Merriam marks that definition as “old-fashioned” (which is a bit odd, because I thought they only used the archaic or obsolete terms).
The lazy sense is probably what’s meant from the old bible quote about “idle hands” related to the devil.
Fair enough while I have opinions.
But it makes me wonder if OP actually used idle for very lazy or if they never actually read their own post.
It’s the second one