Word
aimlessly
Phoneticsaim·less·ly
US/ˈeɪmɫəsɫi/
UK/ˈeɪmləsli/
Definition
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.
Examples
“He walked aimlessly through the park for an hour.”
“After the meeting ended, the employees sat aimlessly in the lobby, waiting for the next task.”
“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.”
Examples
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.”
Etymology
From aimless + -ly.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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