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Word entry · 6 letters

vainly

Best crossword clue

"Without success"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈveɪnli/Part of speech adverbSorted ailnvyStarts with VEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Without success or useful result.

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English vaynly, veynly, vaynely, veynely, equivalent to vain + -ly.

Used in a sentence

  • “She searched vainly for her reflection in the shattered mirror.”
  • “She stared vainly at her reflection in the mirror.”

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Synonyms

to no avail 9 lettersfruitlessly 11 lettersunsuccessfully 14 letters

Rhymes

inly 4 lettersonly 4 lettersmanly 5 letterssonly 5 letterswanly 5 lettersevenly 6 lettersgainly 6 letterskeenly 6 letters