uselessly

English

Etymology

From useless +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

uselessly (comparative more uselessly, superlative most uselessly)

1. In a useless manner.
2. To no useful purpose.
   • 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 213:

     Mr. Civil, warned and guided by distant axe-whangs, had found them, and had been unsparing in his condemnation of Jim's stupid waste of time in coming an unnecessary mile to chop down a tree uselessly far away.

Translations

in a useless manner

Catalan: inútilment (ca) Chinook Jargon: k'ax̣chi Finnish: turhasti, kelvottomasti (fi) Old English: unnytlīċe Polish: bezużytecznie (pl) Portuguese: inutilmente (pt) Scottish Gaelic: gun fheum Spanish: inútilmente (es)

to no useful purpose

Finnish: turhaan (fi) French: inutilement (fr) Middle English: ydelly Norman: innutilement Old English: unnytlīċe Polish: bezużytecznie (pl) Scottish Gaelic: gun fheum