Synonyms for vainly
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1. vainlyadverb

   Synonyms:
   in vain

2. vainlyadverb

   In a vain manner; to no avail.

   Synonyms:
   in vain

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1. vainly, in vainadverb

   to no avail

   "he looked for her in vain"; "the city fathers tried vainly to find a solution"

   Synonyms:
   in vain

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1. Chinese:

   Do not anxiously expect what is not yet come; do not vainly regret what is already past.

2. William James:

   Much of what we call evil is due entirely to the way men take the phenomenon. It can so often be converted into a bracing and tonic good by a simple change of the sufferer's inner attitude from one of fear to one of fight; its string can so often depart and turn into a relish when, after vainly seeking to shun it, we agree to face about and bear it...

3. Reinhold Niebuhr:

   The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self mastery.

4. Anatole France:

   One must never lose time in vainly regretting the past or in complaining against the changes which cause us discomfort, for change is the essence of life.

5. Pope Francis:

   We fail to see that some are mired in desperate and degrading poverty, with no way out, while others have not the faintest idea of what to do with their possessions, vainly showing off their supposed superiority and leaving behind them so much waste which, if it were the case everywhere, would destroy the planet.