3
selfishly(adverb, selfishly)
3
unsuccessfully(adverb, unsuccessfully)
3
vain
2
abortively(adverb, unsuccessfully)
2
aimlessly(adverb, senselessly, uselessly, emptily)
2
frivolously
2
futily
2
no avail(verb, expression, idiom)
2
self-centeredly(adverb, selfishly)
2
unavailingly
2
worthlessly(adverb, falsely, senselessly, unsuccessfully, emptily)
1
abortive
1
airily
1
amiss
1
assuredly(adverb, proudly)
1
astray
1
barrenly
1
below the mark(expression, idiom)
1
beside the point(expression, idiom)
1
bootlessly
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