adv. [f. BOOTLESS a.1 + -LY2.] Without success or advantage; unsuccessfully; unprofitably; uselessly.
1812. T. Taylor, Comm. Titus i. 15 (1619), 309. Bootlessly to employ all their paines in keeping themselues from outward pollution.
1863. Pilgrimage over Prairies, II. 264. The hunters, returning bootlessly and sullenly from a large ‘cast.’
