uselessly

副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. In a useless manner.
  2. To no useful purpose.
    — Mr. Civil, warned and guided by distant axe-whangs, had found them, and had been unsparing in his condemnation of Jim's stupid waste of time in coming an unnecessary mile to chop down a tree uselessly far away.

词形变化

more uselessly comparative most uselessly superlative

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *oissos
Latin ūsus
Old French usbor.
Middle English use
English use
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Proto-Germanic *-lausaz
Proto-West Germanic *-laus
Old English -lēas
Middle English -les
English -less
English useless
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English uselessly
From useless + -ly.
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