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unsucˈcessfully, adv. [un-1 11. Cf. prec.] Without success.
1649J. H. Motion to Parl. Adv. Learn. 35 Propensions..which if disobeyed succeeded untowardly and unsuccessfully. 1664Dryden Rival Ladies Ep. Ded. ⁋2 Fortune.., with which wisdom does often unsuccessfully struggle in the world. a1674Milton Free Commw. Wks. 1851 V. 425 Nor was the heroic Cause unsuccessfully defended to all Christendom, against the Tongue of a famous and thought invincible Adversary. a1721Sheffield (Dk. Buckhm.) Wks. (1753) II. 177 Several letters shew his punctual performance of it, tho' unsuccessfully. 1819Scott Ivanhoe xxv, Has your suit, then, been unsuccessfully paid to the Saxon heiress? 1873Proctor Expanse Heav. 287 Our short-lived race..has..not unsuccessfully carried out the daring scheme [etc.]. |