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What is the adverb for vainly?

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in vain
  1. (idiomatic) Without success or a result; ending in failure.
  2. (idiomatic) In a disrespectful manner, especially when concerning religion.
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    1. “He has inspired imitators, tolerated plagiarists, and confounded the hackers who try in vain to turn his craft into software.”
vainly
  1. In a vain manner; to no avail.
  2. With a vain attitude.
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    1. “The few games created for a threesome vainly searching for a fourth tend to be unexciting and overly dependent on luck.”
      “An explosion of pain blinded me as I reeled and staggered, trying vainly to catch my balance.”
      “He also butted his head vainly against the British and by 1949 he was despised at home and abroad as an ineffectual playboy.”
vaingloriously
  1. In a vainglorious manner.
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    1. “He is given the part of Pyramus, though he vaingloriously longs to play all the parts.”
      “If the city only thinks of its own image, it is actually behaving vaingloriously.”
      “Each week another dire e-commerce venture sinks vaingloriously beneath the mire.”
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