Hypertext Webster Gateway: "vainly"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Vainly \Vain"ly\, adv.
In a vain manner; in vain.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
vainly
adv : to no avail; "he looked for her in vain"; "the city fathers
tried vainly to find a solution" [syn: {in vain}]
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