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fruitlessly

fruitlessly adverb: unproductively, uselessly.

Adverb

fruitlessly (comparative more fruitlessly, superlative most fruitlessly)

  1. Unproductively, uselessly.
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fruitlessly meaning in Tamil and Punjabi

fruitlessly in Tamil

வாளா

fruitlessly in Punjabi

fruitlessly, in vain
ਐਵੇਂ aivẽ

Forms of fruitlessly

comparativemore fruitlessly
superlativemost fruitlessly

Origin of fruitlessly

From fruitless + -ly.

Questions about fruitlessly

What does fruitlessly mean?
Fruitlessly means unproductively, uselessly.
What is fruitlessly in Tamil?
Fruitlessly in Tamil is வாளா. See Fruitlessly meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fruitlessly?
Fruitlessly is an adverb.

Words near fruitlessly in the dictionary

  1. fruitive
  2. fruitivore
  3. fruitivores
  4. fruitless
  5. fruitlesse
  6. fruitlessly
  7. fruitlessness
  8. fruitlet
  9. fruitlets
  10. fruitlike
  11. fruitling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fruitlessly (page history and authors); fruitlessly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਐਵੇਂ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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