Vainly

2 definitions found

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

  Vainly \Vain"ly\, adv.
     In a vain manner; in vain.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  vainly
       adv : to no avail; "he looked for her in vain"; "the city fathers
             tried vainly to find a solution" [syn: {in vain}]