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Futilely

adverb
1.
In a futile and unproductive manner.





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"Futilely" Quotes from Famous Books



... 'em." He ran to where the members of the department to which he belonged were futilely ...
— The Young Firemen of Lakeville - or, Herbert Dare's Pluck • Frank V. Webster
... the loss of a good-for-nothing chorus-girl. It was a loss far more subtle. The recognition of it lamed Robert Stonehouse, knocked the power out of him, as though someone had struck and paralysed a vital nerve centre. He could only stammer futilely: ...
— The Dark House • I. A. R. Wylie


Words linked to "Futilely" :   futile


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