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aimlessly en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /ˈeɪmləsli/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English aimless Middle English -ly English -ly English aimlessly From aimless + -ly.

Meanings

  1. Without an aim, purpose or direction; in an aimless manner.
    • Half a dozen deserted boats pitched aimlessly upon the confusion of the waves. 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 103:
    • But now, as I strolled out on the lawn, still nursing a grudge against my friend’s high-handedness, I saw Lawrence on the croquet lawn, aimlessly knocking a couple of very ancient balls about, with a still more ancient mallet. 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 120:
    • The player is free to create their own narrative within a much larger set of possible designed narrative options, or, given the geographic and dialogical openness of Morrowind, to refuse the creation of any narrative but their own and wander aimlessly through the game. 2015, Angus Slater, “Prophecy, Pre-destination, and Free-form Gameplay: The Nerevarine Prophecy in Bethesda’s ‘Morrowind’”, in Online: Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet, volume 7, →DOI, page 175:
    • He wandered aimlessly through the crowd.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more aimlessly Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most aimlessly Degree=Sup lexicographic

Translations (23)

nl doelloos (without an aim) · pl bezcelowo (without an aim) · ro la întâmplare (without an aim) · fi ympäri ämpäri (without an aim) · fr sans but (without an aim) · fr au hasard (without an aim) · ru бесце́льно (without an aim) · pt à toa (without an aim) · es sin objetivo (without an aim) · de ziellos (without an aim) · it senza meta (without an aim) · es sin rumbo fijo (without an aim) · es sin objeto (without an aim) · eo sencele (without an aim) · tr amaçsızca (without an aim) · ro fără țintă (without an aim) · tr amaçsızcasına (without an aim) · es sin rumbo (without an aim) · cs bezcílně (without an aim) · hu céltalanul (without an aim) · pt sem rumo (without an aim) · es sin propósito (without an aim) · pl bezprzedmiotowo (without an aim)