unavailingly
/ʌnəˈveɪlɪŋli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In an unavailing manner; without successful results; to no avail.
Example Sentences
- "The Shepperton guns spoke this time unavailingly."
- "With her own dried tongue, she bent to moisten into relaxation its indrawn blue lips, and breathing on the clenched, congested hands, tried as unavailingly to lessen their terrible tension."
- "diplomatic efforts to secure his release continued through the good offices of the Turks and others, albeit unavailingly."
Etymology
Etymology tree English unavailing Middle English -ly English -ly English unavailingly From unavailing + -ly.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ʌnəˈveɪlɪŋli/
Inflected Forms
more unavailingly (comparative)
most unavailingly (superlative)