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Aimlessly vs Aiming - What's the difference?

aimlessly | aiming |

As an adverb aimlessly

is without an aim, purpose or direction; in an aimless manner.

As a verb aiming is

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As a noun aiming is

the act of one who aims.

aimlessly

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • Without an aim, purpose or direction; in an aimless manner.
    • He wandered aimlessly through the crowd.

    aiming

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who aims.
  • * 1867 , William Hickman Smith Aubrey, The National and Domestic History of England
    • The aimings after the impossible, represented by the Uniformity Act of 1549, had failed