aim
verb (used with object)
to position or direct (a firearm, ball, arrow, rocket, etc.) so that, on firing or release, the discharged projectile will hit a target or travel along a certain path.
aimfully
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a word derived from
aim.
Example Sentences
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On these occasions his friend usually jogged aimfully along behind.
From Men, Women, and Boats by Stephen Crane
Much more is to be gained in exploiting nature aimfully, all the time, with a full mobilization of our living, dead, and sun-powers, than by exploiting man all the time and nature occasionally.
From Manhood of Humanity. by Alfred Korzybski
Electricity, produced aimfully, runs our railroads; just so the enormous power produced by humanity must be used aimfully, in a constructive way or it will burst into insurrections, revolutions and wars.
From Manhood of Humanity. by Alfred Korzybski
