futilely

Adverb

Meaning

In a futile manner.

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Examples

Adjusting my thick glasses and dropping my half-Chinese Austin Powers accent, I futilely try to defend myself (noting there's nothing worse in the world than being screamed at by a bunch of female celebrity impersonators). Harmon Leon

After that Wilder complained, futilely, that he was being discriminated against, due to his age. Source: Internet

One of the funniest and most famous diatribes in has Arthur futilely trying to explain to a peasant that he (King Arthur) is the rightful king, to which the peasant responds "Well I didn't vote for you." Source: Internet

The film ends bleakly on the first Christmas Day after the nuclear war, held in a ruined church with a vicar who futilely attempts to provide hope to his traumatised congregation. Source: Internet

Having attempted futilely to be rehabilitated within the Hindu fold, the poet finally appeals to Ganga, the hope of the hopeless, and the comforter of last resort. Source: Internet

The Venetians futilely continued to fight them throughout the 10th and 11th centuries. Source: Internet

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