uselessly

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uselessly

adverb more uselessly · most uselessly

In a useless manner.
To no useful purpose. 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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adv in a useless manner

Español	inútilmente
Português	inutilmente

adv to no useful purpose

Français	inutilement

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@misc{uselessly_2026,
  title = {uselessly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/uselessly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}