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Definition of vainly in English: vainlyadverb ˈveɪnliˈveɪnli 1With an excessively high opinion of one's appearance, abilities, or worth. I stared at myself vainly in the mirror they were vainly looking at old videos of themselves Example sentencesExamples - In the 1950s, she was vainly hanging on to her former glamour-girl image.
- He spares nothing to obtain the honour of serving them, and he vainly boasts of his own meanness.
- The gods are dispassionate, jealous, vainly superior, and sometimes unfair and bitter.
- He vainly affects a George Raft hairdo and would-be virile gestures that go soft before they are half over.
- The ego is a vainly expressed personality.
2In a way that produces no result; to no avail. I was vainly trying to get to sleep she searched vainly for a pulse Example sentencesExamples - He vainly tries to protect an absconding teenager from the police.
- We vainly debated what we liked most about the Arctic.
- As Confederates tried vainly to delay Union advances on Chancellorsville, General Jackson took a bullet in the arm.
- She sought any work she could get, including temporary jobs in a clerical pool, while vainly applying for arts fellowships.
- After a chance encounter in a cafe ends up in a brief liaison, he tries vainly to track her down.
- 2.1 With no likelihood of fulfilment.
he vainly hoped to be appointed master he falls hopelessly and vainly in love with her Example sentencesExamples - You desire vainly that I seek you.
- She plays the pretty hoyden that Conroy vainly longs for.
- People whose tenor of life is godless often imagine vainly that they will have time to take care of the end when it comes.
- As I was sitting there, seeing senior retreat leaders come in, I vainly prayed you would be one of them.
- I can only vainly aspire to ever possessing a fraction of the skills of Proust or Fitzgerald.
Definition of vainly in US English: vainlyadverbˈvānlēˈveɪnli 1With an excessively high opinion of one's appearance, abilities, or worth. I stared at myself vainly in the mirror they were vainly looking at old videos of themselves Example sentencesExamples - The ego is a vainly expressed personality.
- He vainly affects a George Raft hairdo and would-be virile gestures that go soft before they are half over.
- In the 1950s, she was vainly hanging on to her former glamour-girl image.
- The gods are dispassionate, jealous, vainly superior, and sometimes unfair and bitter.
- He spares nothing to obtain the honour of serving them, and he vainly boasts of his own meanness.
2In a way that produces no result; to no avail. I was vainly trying to get to sleep she searched vainly for a pulse Example sentencesExamples - She sought any work she could get, including temporary jobs in a clerical pool, while vainly applying for arts fellowships.
- We vainly debated what we liked most about the Arctic.
- He vainly tries to protect an absconding teenager from the police.
- After a chance encounter in a cafe ends up in a brief liaison, he tries vainly to track her down.
- As Confederates tried vainly to delay Union advances on Chancellorsville, General Jackson took a bullet in the arm.
- 2.1 With no likelihood of fulfillment.
he vainly hoped to be appointed master he falls hopelessly and vainly in love with her Example sentencesExamples - I can only vainly aspire to ever possessing a fraction of the skills of Proust or Fitzgerald.
- As I was sitting there, seeing senior retreat leaders come in, I vainly prayed you would be one of them.
- People whose tenor of life is godless often imagine vainly that they will have time to take care of the end when it comes.
- She plays the pretty hoyden that Conroy vainly longs for.
- You desire vainly that I seek you.
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