pointlessly

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English

Etymology

From pointless +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔɪntləsli/
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Adverb

pointlessly (comparative more pointlessly, superlative most pointlessly)

  1. Without point; in a pointless manner; so as to lack purpose or importance.
    He sat there, pointlessly tossing the ball into the air and letting it fall, over and over.
    • 2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 30:58 from the start, in Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918, archived from the original on 24 August 2022:
      [] as a result of which, the two scenarios in which the Harwich Force caught up with the battle while it was still going on were considered and brought forward into the main timeline, as it meant that both sides' light screening forces actually got to do something other than die pointlessly.

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