Definition of Fruitlessly

1. Adverb. In an unproductive manner.


Definition of Fruitlessly

1. Adverb. In a fruitless manner ¹

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Definition of Fruitlessly

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fruitlessly

fruitfulness
fruitfulnesses
fruitier
fruitiest
fruitily
fruitiness
fruitinesses
fruiting
fruiting bodies
fruiting body
fruitings
fruition
fruitions
fruitive
fruitless
fruitlessly
fruitlessness
fruitlessnesses
fruitlet
fruitlets
fruitlike
fruitloop
fruitloopery
fruitloops
fruitness
fruits
fruits of the poisonous tree
fruitshop
fruitshops
fruitwood

Literary usage of Fruitlessly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life of William Wilberforce by Robert Isaac Wilberforce, Samuel Wilberforce (1838)
"punishment. I have had some intercourse with Lord Castlereagh about it."39 Happily he did not remonstrate fruitlessly ; some of the old schools ..."

2. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1849)
"Such youth then at that time neither went to schools or University. provide that such persons, in their tender years, do not spend their time fruitlessly, ..."

3. History of the Great Rebellion, from Its Commencement to Its Close, Giving by Thomas Prentice Kettell (1865)
"... awaiting the withdrawal of rebel .troops to oppose Hooker, when it was proposed to carry the heights so fruitlessly attacked in the previous December. ..."

4. The Speeches of the Late Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel, Bart.: Delivered by Robert Peel (1853)
"... he was not disposed to see the time of the House wasted fruitlessly, after the strong majority which had been already arrayed against the adjournment. ..."

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