uselessly

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Uselessly, the delegates, representing an overwhelming majority of Pennsylvania labor, invited A. F. of L. to do likewise.

From Time Magazine Archive

Uselessly down Bond-street strutting, Did he greet his friends of yore; Such a universal cutting Never man received before.

From Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, March 1844 Volume 23, Number 3 by Clark, Lewis Gaylord

Uselessly I pleaded; at every possible opportunity the white handkerchief appeared in some left hand, while the stage manager vainly wondered why the audience laughed in such unseemly places that night.

From Stage Confidences by Morris, Clara