uselessly

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English

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Etymology

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From useless +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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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.

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