fruitlessly

Variant of fruitless

fruitless definition

fruit·less (fro̵̅o̅t′lis)

adjective

  1. without results; unprofitable; unsuccessful; vain
  2. bearing no fruit; sterile; barren

Etymology: ME fruitles

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