Unsuccessfully

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Unsuccessful \Un`suc*cess"ful\, a.
     Not successful; not producing the desired event; not
     fortunate; meeting with, or resulting in, failure; unlucky;
     unhappy. -- {Un`suc*cess"ful*ly}, adv. --
     {Un`suc*cess"ful*ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  unsuccessfully
       adv : without success; "she tried unsuccessfully to persuade him
             to buy a new car" [ant: {successfully}]