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Princeton's WordNet
vainly, in vainadverb
to no avail
"he looked for her in vain"; "the city fathers tried vainly to find a solution"
Wiktionary
vainlyadverb
In a vain manner; to no avail.
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vainly
Vainly refers to an action done without achieving the desired result or effect, characterized by futility or ineffectiveness. It can also refer to actions done in an excessively proud or self-centered manner.
Webster Dictionary
Vainlyadverb
in a vain manner; in vain
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of vainly in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of vainly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of vainly in a Sentence
One must never lose time in vainly regretting the past or in complaining against the changes which cause us discomfort, for change is the essence of life.
Much of what we call evil is due entirely to the way men take the phenomenon. It can so often be converted into a bracing and tonic good by a simple change of the sufferer's inner attitude from one of fear to one of fight; its string can so often depart and turn into a relish when, after vainly seeking to shun it, we agree to face about and bear it...
A critic is a gong at a railroad crossing clanging loudly and vainly as the train goes by.
John Brown, last words in a written note given to his jailer, Dec. 2, 1859:
I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now think vainly, flattered myself that, without very much bloodshed, it might be done.
The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self mastery.
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