adverb
- in a manner that is useless or produces no useful result; to no avail
Usage: formal or literary
Examples
- He inutilely tried to convince her to change her mind.
- The team worked inutilely against the stronger opponent.
- She searched inutilely through the old files for the missing document.
- They protested inutilely; the decision had already been made.
- He spent hours inutilely attempting to repair the broken device.