Vainly - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈveɪnlɪ|
Brit.
|ˈveɪnlɪ|
adverb
- to no avail
the city fathers tried vainly to find a solution
Extra examples
She is very vain about her appearance.
He is the vainest man I know.
A vain effort to quell the public's fears only made matters worse.
Volunteers searched the area in the vain hope of finding clues.
...a cleric vainly preaching abstinence in a world where self-indulgence is regarded as almost a virtue...
The hunters waded into the flats, looking vainly for ducks.
The instructor struggled vainly to open his parachute.
...vainly hoped that his mother would spare him another kvetch about still being single...
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