futilely

1. 1.

   in a futile and unproductive manner

Questions about futilely

What does futilely mean?

futilely means "in a futile and unproductive manner".

How many syllables are in futilely?

futilely has 4 syllables: fu-ti-le-ly. The stress falls on "ti".

Is futilely a common word?

futilely is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.