vainly
Meaning of vainly
adverb
- In a vain pursuit; to no avail; She searched vainly for her reflection in the shattered mirror.
- With a vain attitude; in a self-approving manner; She stared vainly at her reflection in the mirror.
Information about vainly
- It is an adverb.
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Hyphenation of vainly
vainly
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- vainly is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Translation of vainly
- German: umsonst, vergebens, vergeblich, fruchtlos
- French: vainement, inutilement
- Spanish: inútilmente
- Italian: invano, inutilmente
Words that rhyme with vainly
inly, captainly, certainly, disdainly, fainly, gainly, mainly, overplainly, plainly, uncertainly, ungainly, unplainly, unvainly, beinly, Finly, ragamuffinly, virginly, overthinly, thinly, urchinly, bumpkinly, minikinly, maudlinly, unmaudlinly, verminly, cousinly, uncousinly, twinly, unwinly, winly
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