Definition of "uselessly" []

• In a useless manner. (adverb)
• To no useful purpose. (adverb)

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• "Calling uselessly after him, gaze swiveling from the place where the escapee had vanished into the night to the fallen one left behind, Carly made the obvious connection: Sandra had tripped over Hugo."
• "Howard had confessed, so why should she jeopardize her good name uselessly?"
• "With regard to Israel, were it demonstrated that particular Israeli air strikes "uselessly" aggravated Palestinian civilian suffering, and that the commanding officers knew or should have known this, they would be subject to prosecution for war crimes."