Near-synonyms: fruitlessly, pointlessly, to no avail, in vain
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Futilely
/ˈfju.təl.li/
Synonyms for "futilely" (13 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Adverb(2 words)
Strong matches (4)
Adverb(3 words)
Related words (6)
Adverb(5 words)
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More general
4 entriesadverb of evaluationadverb of mannerevaluative adverbmanner adverb
Collocations
5 entriesfutile attemptfutile effortfutile endeavorfutile gesturefutile resistance
Inflections
2 entriesmore futilelymost futilely
Derivations
3 entriesSample sentences
2 total sentences available.
My fingers clawed futilely at the unyielding portal, while my eyes sought in vain for a duplicate of the button which had given us ingress.
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