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WORTHLESSLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does worthlessly mean?
• WORTHLESSLY (adverb)
The adverb WORTHLESSLY has 1 sense:
1. in a worthless manner
Familiarity information: WORTHLESSLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a worthless manner
Pertainym:
worthless (lacking in usefulness or value)
Context examples
I had learnt her whole character, which was without mystery or disguise: she was coquettish but not heartless; exacting, but not worthlessly selfish.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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