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uselessly

adv

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- Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English uselessly From useless + -ly.

  1. derived from *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English uselessly From useless + -ly✻
  2. derived from *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- Proto-Germanic *līkąder✻
  3. derived from use English use Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der
  4. derived from *oissos Latin ūsus Old French usbor✻

Definitions

  1. In a useless manner.

  2. 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for uselessly. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA