Pointlessly

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pointlessly \Point"less*ly\, adv.
     Without point.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  pointlessly
       adv : in a pointless manner; "he spent his life in pointlessly
             tiresome drudgery"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  43 Moby Thesaurus words for "pointlessly":
     aimlessly, aridly, barrenly, bloodlessly, bootlessly, colorlessly,
     dismally, draggily, drearily, drearisomely, dryly, dully, dustily,
     effetely, emptily, fecklessly, fruitlessly, futilely, heavily,
     hollowly, inanely, insipidly, jejunely, lifelessly, needlessly,
     pallidly, ploddingly, ponderously, purposelessly, slowly,
     spiritlessly, stodgily, stuffily, superficially, tastelessly,
     tediously, to little purpose, to no purpose, uninterestingly,
     unnecessarily, uselessly, vainly, vapidly