unavailingly
English
Etymology
From unavailing + -ly.
Pronunciation
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Adverb
unavailingly (comparative more unavailingly, superlative most unavailingly)
- In an unavailing manner; without successful results.
- 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 208:
- diplomatic efforts to secure his release continued through the good offices of the Turks and others, albeit unavailingly.
- 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 208: