fruitlessly
/fɹˈutləsli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.10 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Example Sentences
- "Few political careers start when people are in their 70s, but Hendy is actually relishing it, although he is incensed sometimes by the pointlessness of the posturing by the opposition, which keeps him up late. "The bit I don't like is getting home at 0100 or 0200 in the morning because the opposition have been fruitlessly arguing for a long time.""
Etymology
Etymology tree English fruitless Middle English -ly English -ly English fruitlessly From fruitless + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more fruitlessly (comparative)
most fruitlessly (superlative)