0 unsuccessfully -- uten hell, forgjeves
He searched vainly for his car keys.
They have been trying vainly to find a home.
I have sat here for two consecutive days awaiting my opportunity, not altogether vainly, because there have been many valuable speeches.
There are too many tired waves vainly breaking in relation to these subjects.
I do not intend to wait vaguely and vainly for no comment from them.
They look on, and they see that we are trying vainly to find schemes to employ people who have been thrown out of work.
Some of our main schemes are being held up to-day despite the fact that we have thousands of men vainly seeking for work.
He did not do so; and therefore my speech, aimed at attempting to persuade him, is somewhat vainly composed.
I had hoped—evidently vainly—that it would be possible to keep the question of the national credit out of acute political controversy.
