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Meaning of "uselessly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF USELESSLY

uselessly  [ˈjuːsləslɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF USELESSLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Uselessly 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 USELESSLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of uselessly in the English dictionary

The definition of uselessly in the dictionary is in a way that cannot be used. Other definition of uselessly is in a way that is pointless.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH USELESSLY


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

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE USELESSLY

useableness
useably
used
used to
used-car salesman
usedn´t
useful
usefully
usefulness
useless
uselessness
usen´t
Usenet
user
user group
user interface
user-definable
user-defined
user-defined key
user-friendliness

WORDS THAT END LIKE USELESSLY

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 uselessly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «uselessly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF USELESSLY

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

Translator English - Chinese

无益
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

inútilmente
570 millions of speakers

English

uselessly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बेकार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دون جدوى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бесполезно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

inutilmente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নাহক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

inutilement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak berguna
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

nutzlos
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

無駄に
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

쓸데
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ora ana guna
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vô ích
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தேவையில்லாமல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निरुपयोगी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

faydasızca
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

inutilmente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bezużytecznie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

марно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

inutil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μάταια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vrugteloos
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

uselessly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

uselessly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of uselessly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «USELESSLY»

The term «uselessly» is normally little used and occupies the 111.904 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «USELESSLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «uselessly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «uselessly» 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 uselessly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «USELESSLY»

Discover the use of uselessly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to uselessly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Uselessly
South Africa's foremost counter-culture revolutionary shares "letters" to and from his father, God, and the Devil, in this irreverent and pithy book about the world.
Aryan Kaganof, 2006
2
Annual Report
"Unnecessarily" as defined by Webster, is "without necessity, needlessly, uselessly." The crossing of petitioner,s trains over respondent,s tracks in the ordinary way in which trains cross the tracks of another grade would not in the language of ...
Illinois. Railroad and Warehouse Commission, 1913
3
Annual Report of the Railroad and Warehouse Commission of ...
"Unnecessarily" as defined by Webster, is "without necessity, needlessly, uselessly." The crossing of petitioner's trains over respondent's tracks in the ordinary way in which trains cross the tracks of another grade would not in the language of ...
Illinois. Railroad and Warehouse Commission, 1913
4
Festival sermons and prayers from the Advent through ...
Man uselessly asks all of creation what God's will might be towards him. Uselessly he seeks the answer by reading in the textbook written in nature. Uselessly he looks up quizzically to the sun, the moon and the stars. Uselessly he looks with ...
Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther, Joel R. Baseley, 2008
5
A Grammar of the Chinese Colloquial Language Commonly Called ...
-mang .mang .jan ,kwci, hurriedly returning; |s|)f ^twan' .hu, certainly; f ff ,hin .jan, ?2o<%;^j$| .t'u .jan, uselessly; fp k'iah .jan, truly. .Jan originally means thus, in the book language. Hence its use as a particle for adverbs of manner, fijk il* ...
Joseph Edkins, 1864
6
Food, Home and Garden
SPORT AS A CHRISTIAN PRACTICE. The Boston Investigator has a controversy of several columns in regard to sport and its cruelty, from which we learn that a Mr . Dean admits that it is cruel but not uselessly so, for "the squirrel makes good ...
‎1897
7
A Grammar of Kisi: A Southern Atlantic Language
b. d bendiilug fal kdg fuu he be-tall old-man that uselessly 'He became tall for that old man uselessly.' c. d co tig fal bendulon fuu he Aux slightly old-man be-tall uselessly 'He's becoming tall for that old man uselessly.' The examples in (22) ...
George Tucker Childs, 1995
8
Dictionary English and Armenian and Armenian and English. - ...
Vain , void, useless, empty, indolent, idle, in vain, uselessly, em ty . azfnljufjîlululůs ( [l y fl. ) adj. R0' qi a l 7 mancing, that speaks idl . uzfngîlny' bmfdnll в ад; ас l'lld. That flows uselessly. (lìnrnljuayînauqrn ( areal', traumi-_) adj . Vain, frivolous.
Paschal Augerean, John Brand, 1825
9
A Phonetic Shorthand and Pronouncing Dictionary of the ...
UNSOETED. 241. USELESSLY. л/l 4j.- Unsort'ed .... (V Vo Usefulness 4j> w Useless jf «p l Untruth' ^ or о ^°U \^ Uselessly TJSELESSNESS 242 TAKIABLENESS WJ> „) U'selessness 1^_-^^ ^ Vac'cinating V4^* UNSOETED 241 USELESSLY .
Sir Isaac Pitman, 1883
10
A Dictionary, English and Armenian
adj. Vain , frivolous . [□'•l'ii'/,„,j"i,,„'t,„,, (wW, j%,„3,»/") v. n-p. To be vaiu or empty; to seek van i lies. C}>f.*Lbm,%a,qmpb (p , £«_) adj. Vain , proud, vain-glorious . ( iT.«^„iyt„„^„A (J, £,_) ^ Vain, that labours uselessly . iiij.nu%,yi,n^PpM_i(^ Ptrvrt, ...
Haroutiun Aukerian, John Brand, 1825

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «USELESSLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term uselessly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Spending taxpayers' money uselessly
Guest column Spending taxpayers' money uselessly. Story · Comments. Email: Email a PDF of this page; Print: Create a hardcopy of this page; Font Size: ... «The Herald-Times, Jul 15»
2
Nanotechnology + Small Satellites = Big Returns
Another smidgeon of velocity in its bounce, and that $240 million would have been drifting uselessly in the comet's wake. Philae was lucky; after another bounce ... «Air & Space Magazine, Jul 15»
3
YouTube tweaks Android app to hide vertical video users' shame
Instead of uselessly rotating the footage 90 degrees when you click full-screen, YouTube now actually expands the video to fill your phone or tablet's display. «The Verge, Jul 15»
4
Former cricketers uselessly blame domestic structure: Intikhab Alam
LAHORE: (Daily Dunya) – Director Domestic Cricket Intikhab Alam has on Friday said that some former cricketers criticize the domestic cricket structure in the ... «DunyaNews Pakistan, May 15»
5
Russian spacecraft spinning out of control in orbit
... months to abandon an attempt to resupply the International Space Station after a mishap left an unmanned Russian supply craft spinning uselessly in space. «Financial Times, Apr 15»
6
Dems Reach Out to White Working Class
... 'everywhere uselessly filled house and castle.'” How could these victims be racists? The demonization of the white working-class turned out to be necessary, ... «American Thinker, Apr 15»
7
An Iran deal seemed impossible. How did it become possible?
"Administration officials were struck by the fact that Iran was willing to waste 1,000 centrifuges, essentially spinning uselessly, to preserve national pride," the ... «Vox, Apr 15»
8
An Iran Nuclear Deal Built on Coffee, All-Nighters and Compromise
And administration officials were struck by the fact that Iran was willing to waste 1,000 centrifuges, essentially spinning uselessly, to preserve national pride. «New York Times, Apr 15»
9
14 Products That Had to Be Made 'Especially for Girls!' Because ... No
If you're ready to handle it, feast your eyes upon the most uselessly gendered kids' products on the market today. #10 is just so strange. Why, oh why? Image via ... «The Stir, Mar 15»
10
Tom Brokaw Appears Unhappy on 'Meet The Chuck'
Instead, host Chuck Todd conducts the interviews while the panelists sit uselessly at a table in the background. Yesterday's show was notable because one of ... «NewsBusters, Oct 14»

REFERENCE
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