- fruitlessly
- adverb see fruitless
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
fruitlessly
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fruitlessly — adv. Fruitlessly is used with these verbs: ↑search, ↑try … Collocations dictionary
fruitlessly — fruitless ► ADJECTIVE 1) failing to achieve the desired results; unproductive. 2) not producing fruit. DERIVATIVES fruitlessly adverb fruitlessness noun … English terms dictionary
Fruitlessly — Fruitless Fruit less, a. 1. Lacking, or not bearing, fruit; barren; destitute of offspring; as, a fruitless tree or shrub; a fruitless marriage. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Productive of no advantage or good effect; vain; idle; useless; unprofitable; … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fruitlessly — See fruitless. * * * … Universalium
fruitlessly — adverb In a fruitless manner … Wiktionary
fruitlessly — adv. unproductively; unsuccessfully; not fertilely, barrenly; without results … English contemporary dictionary
fruitlessly — fruit·less·ly … English syllables
fruitlessly — See: fruitless … English dictionary
fruitlessly — adverb in an unproductive manner • Syn: ↑unproductively, ↑unprofitably • Ant: ↑profitably (for: ↑unprofitably), ↑fruitfully, ↑productively ( … Useful english dictionary
fruitless — fruitlessly, adv. fruitlessness, n. /frooht lis/, adj. 1. useless; unproductive; without results or success: a fruitless search for the missing treasure. 2. bearing no fruit; barren. [1300 50; ME; see FRUIT, LESS] Syn. 1. futile, unavailing, vain … Universalium
