Usually means: In vain, without achieving success.
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  1. bootlessly: Merriam-Webster
  2. bootlessly: Collins English Dictionary
  3. bootlessly: Vocabulary.com
  4. bootlessly: Wordnik
  5. bootlessly: Wiktionary
  6. bootlessly: Dictionary.com
  7. bootlessly: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  8. bootlessly: FreeDictionary.org
  9. bootlessly: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. bootlessly: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bootlessly)

▸ adverb:  In a bootless manner.

Similar:
rootlessly, modelessly, headlessly, bodilessly, gainlessly, profitlessly, baselessly, bonelessly, footlessly, splitlessly, more...

Opposite:
fruitfully, effectively, successfully, productively

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Similar:
rootlessly, modelessly, headlessly, bodilessly, gainlessly, profitlessly, baselessly, bonelessly, footlessly, splitlessly, more...

Opposite:
fruitfully, effectively, successfully, productively



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