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aimlessly

adv.
B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈeɪmɫəsɫi// UK //ˈeɪmləsli// aim·less·ly

adv. without any clear purpose or direction. You use this to describe someone who moves or acts without knowing where they are going.

adv. in a manner lacking a specific goal or direction.


SIMPLE

He walked aimlessly through the park for an hour.

CONTEXTUAL

After the meeting ended, the employees sat aimlessly in the lobby, waiting for the next task.

COMPLEX

The protagonist spends the first half of the novel wandering aimlessly through the city, searching for a sense of belonging that he cannot quite define.

Origin

From aimless + -ly.

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