Ineffectually
Ineffectually adverb - In an ineffectual manner.
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Synonyms for Ineffectually
Uselessly and ineffectually are semantically related in in vain topic. In some cases you can use "Uselessly" instead an adverb "Ineffectually". popular alternative
Uselessly
Uselessly adverb - In a useless manner.
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Synonyms for Uselessly
Ineffectually and uselessly are semantically related in in vain topic. You can use "Ineffectually" instead an adverb "Uselessly". popular alternative
Nearby Word: useless
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Related pairs
- partially and ineffectually
- partially and uselessly
- weakly and ineffectually
- weakly and uselessly
- poorly and ineffectually
- poorly and uselessly
- badly and ineffectually
- badly and uselessly
- scantily and ineffectually
- scantily and uselessly
- inadequately and ineffectually
- inadequately and uselessly
- in vain and ineffectually
- in vain and uselessly
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A particularly infuriating example is Lucio Fulci's The Beyond, in which the protagonist shoots zombies in the torso ineffectually and finally downs one with a head shot... and then continues to fire uselessly into their torsos for the remainder of the film.
Source: Genre Blindness aka: Genre Blind
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