aimlessly

Adverb

Meaning

without aim; in an aimless manner

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

anyhow accidentally informally randomly anyway arbitrarily wildly irregularly trivially haphazard instinctively casually inexplicably naively carelessly
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Antonyms

clearly deliberately badly absolutely firmly systematically
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Phrases with the word

moving aimlessly talk aimlessly wandering aimlessly

Examples

So many words get lost. They leave the mouthand lose their courage, wandering aimlessly until they are swept into the gutter like dead leaves. On rainy days you can hear their chorus rushing past. Nicole Krauss

A tremendous stream is flowing toward the ocean, carrying us all along with it; and though like straws and scraps of paper we may at times float aimlessly about, in the long run we are sure to join the Ocean of Life and Bliss. Swami Vivekananda

We can, if we so choose, wander aimlessly over the continent of the arbitrary. Rootless as some winged seed blown about on a serendipitous spring breeze. Haruki Murakami

From the first opening of our eyes, it is the light that attracts us. We clutch aimlessly with our baby fingers at the gossamer-motes in the sunbeam, and we die reaching out after an ineffable blending of earthly and heavenly beauty which we shall never fully comprehend. Lucy Larcom

Live with a definite purpose. Do not roam about aimlessly. Walk with a definite aim. Climb the hill of knowledge steadily and reach the summit of the temple of Brahman or the grand abode of Life Immortal. Swami Sivananda

Stealing a bicycle chain as the handlebars crashed to the ground, And the back wheel detached from the frame, it kept rolling, yeah, But aimlessly drifting around. Aaron Weiss

Close letter words and terms

aiming to aimless aimless wandering aimlessness aimpoint aimworthiness