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Definition of Aimlessly
1. Adverb. Without aim; in an aimless manner. "He wandered around aimlessly"
Definition of Aimlessly
1. Adverb. Without an aim, purpose or direction; in an aimless manner. ¹
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Definition of Aimlessly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aimlessly
Literary usage of Aimlessly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Damnation of Theron Ware by Harold Frederic (1900)
"There was still a good deal of daylight outside, and he loitered aimlessly about,
walking with bowed head and hands clasped behind him, ..."
2. Parts of the body in older Germanic and Scandinavian by Torild Washington Arnoldson (1916)
"NE. drift float or be driven along by a current of water or air; go or walk
leisurely in a certain direction, go at random or aimlessly, generally of crowds ..."
3. English Composition by Chester Noyes Greenough, Frank Wilson Cheney Hersey (1917)
"Don't Repeat Words aimlessly. — It is annoying to find the same words repeated
indiscriminately in many sentences of a composition. ..."
4. Personal Recollections of Werner Von Siemens by Werner von Siemens (1893)
"... the mighty stream of political excitement rushed onward. tearing down all the
feeble dikes which the existing powers aimlessly and ..."
5. Balance the Fundamental Verity by Orlando Jay Smith (1904)
"IV No Force works aimlessly or wanders away into Extinction — Balance is Supreme
in the Small, as well as in the Great, Processes of Nature — Every Physical ..."
6. Explorations and Adventures in New Guinea by John Strachan (1888)
"... though there are plenty of idle Officers promenading the Streets of Sydney,
and British Gunboats dodging aimlessly about between Port Moresby and Cook ..."
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