barrenly
In unproductive fashion
Barrenly means in a barren manner—without fertility, productivity, or result.
Land lies barrenly under drought.
A writer stares barrenly at a blank page.
The word emphasizes emptiness or futility: She searched barrenly for meaning in the chaos.
In hopeless manner
- starklyIn plain contrast
- grimlyIn a bleak manner
- forsakenCompletely abandoned or discarded
- abandonedLeft behind completely
wasteland · inhospitably · emptily · lifelessly · aridly · gauntly · isolated · remotely
Without achieving the goal
- ineffectivelyWithout producing intended results
- futilelyIn a fruitless manner
- pointlesslyWithout meaningful result
- vainlyWithout achieving purpose
uselessly · unprofitably · unrewardingly · unsuccessfully · stagnantly · idly · emptily · hollowly
Free from microorganisms
- fruitlesslyWithout achieving the goal
- unfruitfullyWithout producing results
- fallowUnplanted field recovering
- witheredDried and shrunken
parched · desiccated · uncultivated · untilled · unplanted · unharvested
bleakly
In hopeless manner
abandoned · wasteland · inhospitably · emptily · lifelessly · aridly · gauntly · isolated · remotely · uninhabited
fruitlessly
Without achieving the goal
- ineffectivelyWithout producing intended results
- futilelyIn a fruitless manner
- pointlesslyWithout meaningful result
vainly · uselessly · unprofitably · unrewardingly · unsuccessfully · stagnantly · idly · emptily · hollowly · aimlessly
sterile
Free from microorganisms
- fruitlesslyWithout achieving the goal
- unfruitfullyWithout producing results
- fallowUnplanted field recovering
withered · parched · desiccated · uncultivated · untilled · unplanted · unharvested
barrenlyfruitfully
With worthwhile results
productively · prolifically · generatively · abundantly · bountifully
barrenlyabundantly
In great quantity
bountifully · plentifully · richly · fatly · lushly
barrenlydeeply
To a profound extent
meaningfully · richly · soulfully · expressively · creatively
- barren landscapeTerrain devoid of vegetation
- pine barrensSandy acidic scrub forest
- barren soilEarth lacking fertility
- barren terrainUnproductive, empty land
- barren worldsUninhabited celestial bodies
- blueberry barrensWild fruit growing landscape