adv
Meaning 1
In a useless manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
uselessly
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adv
Meaning 2
To no useful purpose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
in a useless manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the furniture was sitting around uselessly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: usefully
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *oissos Latin ūsus Old French usbor. Middle English use English use Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English useless Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English uselessly From useless + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: inútilment — in a useless manner
- Chinook Jargon: k'ax̣chi — in a useless manner
- Finnish: turhasti — in a useless manner
- Finnish: kelvottomasti — in a useless manner
- Old English: unnytlīċe — in a useless manner
- Polish: bezużytecznie — in a useless manner
- Portuguese: inutilmente — in a useless manner
- Scottish Gaelic: gun fheum — in a useless manner
- Spanish: inútilmente — in a useless manner
- Finnish: turhaan — to no useful purpose
- French: inutilement — to no useful purpose
- Middle English: ydelly — to no useful purpose
- Norman: innutilement — to no useful purpose
- Old English: unnytlīċe — to no useful purpose
- Polish: bezużytecznie — to no useful purpose
- Scottish Gaelic: gun fheum — to no useful purpose