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ˈuselessly, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a useless or fruitless manner; ineffectually; † so as to become of no use.
1615G. Sandys Trav. iii. 151 The grasse wast-high, vnmowed, vneaten, and vselessly withering. 1690Locke Hum. Und. ii. i. §15 To be so idlely and uselesly employ'd. 1765Museum Rust. IV. 371, I would not so uselesly misapply..your time. 1774Pennant Tour Scotl. in 1772, 272 My money had been so uselessly laid out. 1831Scott Cast. Dang. vi, You have been long, and I hope not uselessly, my pupil. 1880McCarthy Own Times lxvi. IV. 506 He had thrown away his life uselessly in a quarrel. |