1. To no avail
   "the city fathers tried vainly to find a solution"
   - in vain

See also: vain

• wage
• wage claim
• wage concession
• wage earner
• wage floor
• wage freeze
• wage hike
• wage increase
• wage scale
• wage schedule
• wage setter
• wage slave
• wage-earning
• wager
• wagerer
• wages
• Wagga Wagga
• waggery
• waggish
• waggishly
• waggishness
• waggle
• waggon
• waggoner
• waggonwright