adv
Meaning 1
Not successfully; without success; to no avail.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unsuccessfully
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˌʌnsəkˈsɛsfəli/
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CMU ARPABET: AH2 N S AH0 K S EH1 S F AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
without success
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she tried unsuccessfully to persuade him to buy a new car
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: successfully
History
Etymology
From unsuccessful + -ly or un- + successfully.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: neúspěšně — not successfully; without success
- Esperanto: sensukcese — not successfully; without success
- Georgian: წარუმატებლად (c̣arumaṭeblad) — not successfully; without success
- Hindi: असफलतापूर्वक (asphaltāpūrvak) — not successfully; without success
- Hungarian: sikertelenül — not successfully; without success
- Russian: безуспе́шно (bezuspéšno) — not successfully; without success
- Spanish: no exitosamente — not successfully; without success
Real reading context