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English
Etymology
From useless + -ly.
Pronunciation
Adverb
uselessly (comparative more uselessly, superlative most uselessly)
- In a useless manner.
- To no useful purpose.
1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 213: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.
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