ineffectually Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb in an ineffectual manner
    • she tried ineffectually to light the primus, and Thomas came to help her

WordNet


In`ef*fec"tu*al*ly adverb
Definitions
  1. Without effect; in vain.
    Hereford . . . had been besieged for abou two months ineffectually by the Scots. Ludlow.

Webster 1913