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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (1)

1. to no avail;
- Example: "he looked for her in vain"
- Example: "the city fathers tried vainly to find a solution"
[syn: vainly, in vain]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

vainly
    adv 1: to no avail; "he looked for her in vain"; "the city
           fathers tried vainly to find a solution" [syn: vainly,
           in vain]