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English
Etymology
From futile + -ly.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈfju.təl.li/, /ˈfju.tə.li/, /ˈfju.taɪl.li/
Adverb
futilely (comparative more futilely, superlative most futilely)
- In a futile manner.
1913 January–May, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Gods of Mars”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as The Gods of Mars, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., 1918 September, →OCLC:My fingers clawed futilely at the unyielding portal, while my eyes sought in vain for a duplicate of the button which had given us ingress.
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