Adverb
in a useless manner
Source: WordNetNature does nothing without purpose or uselessly. Joseph Addison
The gods had gone away, and the ritual of the religion continued senselessly, uselessly. Ray Bradbury
He who cannot look over a battlefield with a dry eye, causes the death of many men uselessly. Napoleon Bonaparte
We can regard our life as a uselessly disturbing episode in the blissful repose of nothingness. Arthur Schopenhauer
Don't mourn your luck that's failing now, work gone wrong, your plans all proving deceptive - don't mourn them uselessly. Constantine P. Cavafy
There, strapped like a watch on my wrist That's finished with gold but can't tell time, Was all of what little pleasure exists Seductively sold and uselessly mine. Aaron Weiss