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ineffectually, adv.|ɪnɪˈfɛktjʊəlɪ| [f. as prec. + -ly2.] In an ineffectual manner; without producing the intended effect or result; unavailingly, fruitlessly, in vain.
c1610Sir J. Melvil Mem. (1735) 390 Which being done by the said Earl ineffectually. a1693Ludlow Mem. I. 145 (R.) It had been besieged for about two months ineffectually by the Scotts. 1800E. Hervey Mourtray Fam. I. 243 Having ineffectually exerted all her eloquence to shake Emma's resolution. 1860Mill Repr. Govt. (1865) 137/2 Even the Spanish Government did this, sincerely and earnestly, though ineffectually. |