Usually means: Ineffectively, with no successful result.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word futilely:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. futilely: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. futilely: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. futilely: Collins English Dictionary
  4. futilely: Vocabulary.com
  5. Futilely, futilely: Wordnik
  6. futilely: Wiktionary
  7. Futilely, futilely: Dictionary.com
  8. Futilely: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. futilely: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. futilely: Rhymezone
  11. Futilely: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. futilely: Free Dictionary
  13. futilely: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. futilely: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. futilely: Legal dictionary

(Note: See futile as well.)

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adverb:  In a futile manner.

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