aimlessly

/ˈeɪmɫəsɫi/ adv C1 ✓

Without an aim, purpose or direction; in an aimless manner.

Word Origin From Latin 'aestimare' 'to estimate, value' — aim originally meant 'to calculate, estimate', then shifted to 'directing effort toward a target'. Aimlessly means without direction. The same root gives us 'estimate', 'overestimate', and 'inestimable'. The suffix -less is from Old English '-leas' 'without'.

adv Without an aim, purpose or direction; in an aimless manner. C1 ✓

She wandered aimlessly through the park, lost in thought.

(副词) 漫无目的地;无目的地

她漫无目的地在公园里徘徊,陷入了沉思。

(adverbio) sin rumbo; a la deriva; erráticamente; al azar; sin propósito [Sin objetivo, propósito ni dirección; de manera errática.]

Vagó sin rumbo por el parque, perdida en sus pensamientos.

(adverbe) sans but; à l'aveuglette; au hasard; à tort et à travers [Sans but, sans direction ; d'une manière erratique.]

Elle errait sans but dans le parc, perdue dans ses pensées.

(Adverb) ziellos; planlos; ohne Ziel [Ohne Ziel, Absicht oder Richtung; in einer ziellosen Weise.]

Sie schlenderte **aimlessly** durch den Park, in Gedanken versunken.

(副詞) 目的や方向性を持たずに;当てもなく。

彼女は物思いに耽りながら、公園をあてもなくさまよい歩いた。

(advérbio) sem rumo; à toa; a esmo; aleatoriamente [Sem objetivo, propósito ou direção; de modo sem propósito.]

Ela vagou sem rumo pelo parque, perdida em pensamentos.

Word parts: aim + less + ly

Common collocations

wander verb to prep of prep be verb in prep through prep around prep for prep drift verb around adv about adv walk verb

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