unproductively
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From unproductive + -ly.
Adverb
[edit]unproductively (comparative more unproductively, superlative most unproductively)
- In an unproductive manner.
- 1817 (date written), [Jane Austen], chapter XX, in Persuasion; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volume (please specify |volume=III or IV), London: John Murray, […], 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818), →OCLC:
- He did not come however. Anne sometimes fancied she discerned him at a distance, but he never came. The anxious interval wore away unproductively.
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