pointlessly

1. 1.

   in a pointless manner

   “he spent his life in pointlessly tiresome drudgery”

Questions about pointlessly

What does pointlessly mean?

pointlessly means "in a pointless manner".

How many syllables are in pointlessly?

pointlessly has 3 syllables and divides as point-les-sly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is pointlessly a common word?

pointlessly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.