Vainly Definition

vānlē
adverb
In vain; uselessly; fruitlessly; without success.
Webster's New World
With vanity; conceitedly.
Webster's New World

In a vain manner; to no avail.

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Origin of Vainly

  • vain +"Ž -ly

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Vainly Sentence Examples

  • He examined his hand carefully, vainly trying to find blood on it.

  • I tried vainly to put them together.

  • This success turned the tide of war against Don Carlos, who vainly attempted a raid towards Madrid.

  • Jerome vainly sought to bend his brother's will in an interview at Alexandria.

  • The thought that her best days, which she would have employed in loving him, were being vainly wasted, with no advantage to anyone, tormented her incessantly.

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VVAVAI

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