Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

purposelessly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pur-pose-less-ly
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a purposeless manner; to no end; for no reason.

Example Sentences

"The sparse grey locks he combed were fewer and greyer: and though the accustomed mouth circle was as obdurately set as of old, his head waggled purposelessly: and his hands fumbled stiffly as he folded and replaced his pocket comb."

Etymology

Etymology tree English purposeless Middle English -ly English -ly English purposelessly From purposeless + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more purposelessly (comparative) most purposelessly (superlative)

Questions

What does purposelessly mean?: In a purposeless manner; to no end; for no reason.
Where does purposelessly come from?: Etymology tree English purposeless Middle English -ly English -ly English purposelessly From purposeless + -ly.

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