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What (who) is futilely - definition
Futilely
·adv In a futile manner.
futile
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Futile; Futility (novel); Futility (disambiguation)
a.
1.
Trifling, frivolous, trivial.
2.
Worthless, valueless, useless, profitless, fruitless, bootless, vain, idle, unprofitable, unavailing, ineffectual, of no or none effect, to no purpose.
futile
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Futile; Futility (novel); Futility (disambiguation)
If you say that something is futile, you mean there is no point in doing it, usually because it has no chance of succeeding.
He brought his arm up in a futile attempt to ward off the blow...
It would be futile to sustain his life when there is no chance of any improvement.
= pointless
ADJ: oft it v-link ADJ to-inf
Examples of use of futilely
1. Judges futilely resisted the government‘s determination to handpick observers at the polling stations.
2. He holds her skyward, and her clipped wings sound like a balky lawn mower as they flap furiously, and futilely.
3. Witnesses said some victims remained trapped in the flaming carriages for up to 30 minutes, struggling futilely to escape.
4. Advertisement As during the Second Lebanon War, the IDF tried futilely to stop these attacks via air power.
5. Over and over again officialdom reached out to her –– often feebly, in the end futilely.