unavailingly

comparative more unavailingly · superlative most unavailingly

1. In an unavailing manner; without successful results; to no avail.

   The Shepperton guns spoke this time unavailingly.

   1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 104

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   With her own dried tongue, she bent to moisten into relaxation its indrawn blue lips, and breathing on the clenched, congested hands, tried as unavailingly to lessen their terrible tension.

   1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 281

   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, published 2010, page 208