ineffectuallyadv.
/ɪnɪˈfɛktjʊəli/ In an ineffectual manner; without producing the intended effect or result; unavailingly, fruitlessly, in vain.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adverb] > unavailingly
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bootlessly1612
frustrately1632
uneffectually1680
frustraneously1689
unavailingly1748
unavailably1860
c1610 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1735) 390 Which being done by the said Earl ineffectually.
1698 Mem. E. Ludlow I. 145 (R.) It had been besieged for about two months ineffectually by the Scotts.
1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family I. 243 Having ineffectually exerted all her eloquence to shake Emma's resolution.
1861 J. S. Mill Considerations Representative Govt. xviii. 329 Even the Spanish Government did this, sincerely and earnestly, though ineffectually.
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