uselessly
uselessly adverb: in a useless manner.
Adverb
uselessly (comparative more uselessly, superlative 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.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
uselessly meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam
uselessly in Tamil
- ஆழும்பாழுமாய், விருதா, வாளா, சும்மா
uselessly in Urdu
- حاصل نہ حصول
uselessly in Telugu
- uselessly
- తేర tēra
uselessly in Malayalam
- uselessly
- വെറുതെ veṟute, ചുമ്മാ cummā
Forms of uselessly
| comparative | more uselessly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most uselessly |
Origin of uselessly
From useless + -ly.
Questions about uselessly
- What does uselessly mean?
- Uselessly means in a useless manner.
- What is uselessly in Tamil?
- Uselessly in Tamil is ஆழும்பாழுமாய், விருதா, வாளா. See Uselessly meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is uselessly?
- Uselessly is an adverb.
Words near uselessly in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: uselessly (page history and authors); uselessly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); uselessly (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); తేర (Telugu) (page history and authors); ചുമ്മാ (Malayalam) (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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