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Meaning of "purposelessly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PURPOSELESSLY

purposelessly  [ˈpɜːpəsləslɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PURPOSELESSLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Purposelessly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES PURPOSELESSLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of purposelessly in the English dictionary

The definition of purposelessly in the dictionary is in a manner that has no fixed or useful plan or intention.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PURPOSELESSLY


ceaselessly
ˈsiːsləslɪ
defencelessly
dɪˈfensləslɪ
effortlessly
ˈɛfətləslɪ
endlessly
ˈɛndləslɪ
fabulously
ˈfæbjʊləslɪ
flawlessly
ˈflɔːləslɪ
gracelessly
ˈɡreɪsləslɪ
hopelessly
ˈhəʊpləslɪ
marvellously
ˈmɑːvələslɪ
meticulously
məˈtɪkjʊləslɪ
miraculously
mɪˈrækjʊləslɪ
pricelessly
ˈpraɪsləslɪ
relentlessly
rɪˈlɛntləslɪ
ridiculously
rɪˈdɪkjʊləslɪ
seamlessly
ˈsiːmləslɪ
sexlessly
ˈsɛksləslɪ
shamelessly
ˈʃeɪmləslɪ
tirelessly
ˈtaɪələslɪ
tracelessly
ˈtreɪsləslɪ
uselessly
ˈjuːsləslɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PURPOSELESSLY

purport
purported
purportedly
purportless
purpose
purpose-built
purposeful
purposefully
purposefulness
purposeless
purposelessness
purposely
purposive
purposively
purposiveness
purpresture
purpura
purpure
purpureal
purpuric

WORDS THAT END LIKE PURPOSELESSLY

aimlessly
artlessly
carelessly
doubtlessly
expressly
faultlessly
fearlessly
grossly
helplessly
listlessly
needlessly
noiselessly
painlessly
recklessly
ruthlessly
selflessly
senselessly
spotlessly
thoughtlessly
timelessly
wordlessly

Synonyms and antonyms of purposelessly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «purposelessly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PURPOSELESSLY

Find out the translation of purposelessly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of purposelessly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «purposelessly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

purposelessly
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sin propósito
570 millions of speakers

English

purposelessly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

purposelessly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

purposelessly
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бесцельно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

purposelessly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

purposelessly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

purposelessly
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tanpa tujuan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zwecklos
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

purposelessly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

purposelessly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tanpa tujuan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

purposelessly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

purposelessly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निरुपयोगी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

purposelessly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

senza meta
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

purposelessly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

безцільно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

purposelessly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

purposelessly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

doelloos
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

purposelessly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

purposelessly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of purposelessly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PURPOSELESSLY»

The term «purposelessly» is used very little and occupies the 161.649 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PURPOSELESSLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «purposelessly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «purposelessly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about purposelessly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PURPOSELESSLY»

Discover the use of purposelessly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to purposelessly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Apostrophe's : a Comedy in One Act
You still don't have a clue why we purposelessly perpetuate this particularly punishing punctuation. (he's thrilled) Hey, I said it! Mrs. Rutledge (substitute your director's name) didn't think I'd get that out right. Purposelessly perpetuate this ...
Bradley Hayward, 2005
2
Kant and Milton
Herder's characterization of Kant's perverse representational sublime as "sublime without purpose, purposelessly sublime" (Zwecklos-erhaben, erhaben-Zwecklos) is his caricature of Kant's adding (right after the passage that Herder cites) that ...
Sanford Budick, 2010
3
Christ on Trial
It represents an uncertain drifting, a failure to keep to the course on the lakes planted between the mountains which limit their horizons and which hide the awful abysses. They are merely dallying on these lakes quite purposelessly. There is no ...
Klass Schilder, 2001
4
Lessons from the Road
purposelessly. I started imagining how it would be if one of the metals was detached from what comprised the ferry. The obvious thing would happen — the detached piece would surely sink, and would do so very fast. Or if the load it was  ...
Daniel Owino Ogweno, 2005
5
Concerning the Eternal Predestination of God
Paul surely does not warn the faithful purposelessly lest they receive the grace of God in vain; nor purposelessly does Christ exhort to prayer and watchfulness. But if we hold the difference between the indolent security of the flesh and the ...
John Calvin, 2000
6
Yoga: The Ever present Flower
I am talking to you; you are listening to me. But you are listening with a purpose, and I am talking purposelessly. You are listening with a purpose, because through listening you are going to attain something — some knowledge, some clues, ...
Osho, 2003
7
Felt Meanings of the World: A Metaphysics of Feeling
It is a purpose to which the purposelessly existing world-whole unconditionally summons its purposelessly existing appreciative parts to devote themselves to realizing. This can be elucidated further. The world-whole does not exist and ...
Quentin Smith, 2010
8
A Dose of Emptiness: An Annotated Translation of the sTong ...
Therefore, when Bhavaviveka interprets the belief of Buddhapalita, he takes the two reductions: Subject: things Predicate: absurdly, arise purposelessly Reason: because they arise from themselves. and Subject: [same] Predicate: absurdly, ...
Mkhas-grub Dge-legs-dpal-bzaṅ-po, José Ignacio Cabezón, 1992
9
Methods of Comparative Law
ExternalComparativeLawI There is a tendency in the law to consider that the law forms a closed system, with the effect of making comparative law irrelevantly or purposelessly transgressional, except to reassert the irreducible specificity of a ...
P. G. Monateri, 2012
10
Worrorra: a language of the north-west Kimberley coast
10.2.2 (iii) malyaa, malyaama 'purposelessly' This adverb has a meaning something like 'purposelessly, idly, uselessly, for no reason.' In the first sentence example Patsy describes how her family felt when Europeans became established in ...
Mark Clendon, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PURPOSELESSLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term purposelessly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Monetary policy
... FDI having dropped 58.2 percent in the previous fiscal, surely the bank must be wondering how much good so much credit flowing purposelessly can do to the ... «Pakistan Today, Jul 15»
2
A Special Library, Devoted to Dissidents
... from a previous place — which was “more authentic,” says Topol — boxes are still stacked in offices and artwork still rests on the ground purposelessly. «OZY, Jun 15»
3
The Insanity of Racism
Psychologist Na'im Akbar calls these chains and images of psychological slavery which he says “preoccupies people unnecessarily and purposelessly with old ... «Social Justice Solutions, Jun 15»
4
One Google map of Gaza shows the damage in the strip's five most …
"We were firing purposelessly all day long. Hamas was nowhere to be seen," an anonymous tank sergeant said in the report. A look at this Google map makes it ... «Al-Bawaba, Jun 15»
5
'Breaking the Silence' on Israeli army ethics
... of devastation after they invaded Gaza last July with the stated aim of halting Hamas rocket fire out of the enclave. "We were firing purposelessly all day long. «eNCA, May 15»
6
I love my untouchable virtual body
Video games can be genuinely trivial and purposelessly violent, but they are really good at making you feel precise physical sensations. Like having escaped. «Boing Boing, May 15»
7
Israeli veterans describe lax Gaza war rules, indiscriminate fire
"We were firing purposelessly all day long. Hamas was nowhere to be seen," one tank sergeant was quoted as saying. The group said its finding cast "grave ... «Reuters UK, May 15»
8
Zionist Agitator Pamela Geller Organizes Anti-Islam Event in Texas …
"We were firing purposelessly all day long. Hamas was nowhere to be seen," one tank sergeant was quoted as saying. The group said its finding cast "grave ... «Al-Jazeerah.info, May 15»
9
Shattering performances of Fugard's The Island at MetroStage
... up with dirt only to purposelessly empty and refill them again. These seem like horrifying products of the playwright's particularly sadistic imagination, meant to ... «DC Theatre Scene, Apr 15»
10
Plastic Paddies, Thick Micks, and Drunken Hooligans: St. Patrick's …
... are fiercely and purposelessly gung-ho Irish. You know the ones: St. Pat's brings them stumbling out onto the streets and into every local bar that has a corned ... «PopMatters, Mar 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Purposelessly [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/purposelessly>. Jun 2026 ».
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