purposelessly

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purposelessly

adverb more purposelessly · most purposelessly

In a purposeless manner; to no end; for no reason. The sparse grey locks he combed were fewer and greyer: and though the accustomed mouth circle was as obdurately set as of old, his head waggled purposelessly: and his hands fumbled stiffly as he folded and replaced his pocket comb.

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@misc{purposelessly_2026,
  title = {purposelessly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/purposelessly},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}