单词 | ineffectively |
释义 | ineffectivelyadv. In an ineffective manner; without effect or result; fruitlessly. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adverb] > ineffectively unmightilyc1443 slenderly?1531 limpingly1579 unprevailing1632 ineffectively1655 weakly1663 inefficaciously1727 abortively1744 inefficiently1828 1655 Bp. J. Taylor Vnum Necessarium vii. §5. 479 Still it contended, but ineffectively for the most part. 1675 R. Allestree Art Contentm. viii. 134 He..will be like Sestorius's soldier, who ineffectively tugg'd at the Horses tail to get it off at once, when he that pull'd it hair by hair, quickly did it. 1881 R. L. Stevenson Virginibus Puerisque 163 A career..which was so fitfully pursued, and which is now so ineffectively to end. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < adv.1655 |
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