abortively

Examples

• All

• Despite their efforts to fix the issue, the attempt was completed abortively.

• Even Ved Vejen uses this form of lyricism, couching its most highly (or abortively) erotic moments in song, providing beautiful language its place in this novel as well.

  Academic text (1999)

• Abortively pedantic.

  Bananas (1971)

• The project ended abortively after several months of hard work.

Synonyms

I

in vain

vsabortively

108 3.7

Without success despite trying to do something

is a more literal or descriptive way to deny success

U

unsuccessfully

vsabortively

31 3.0

In a way that does not get the result you wanted

is a more formal or literary way to express that lack

V

vainly

vsabortively

5 5.5

In a way that does not succeed

is more neutral and simply denotes failed outcome

U

uselessly

vsabortively

4 3.5

In a way that does not help or make any difference

is broader, not limited to lack of measurable productivity

F

futilely

vsabortively

3 7.4

In a way that does not make a difference

is broader, covering general failure without stressing uselessness

I

ineffectively

vsabortively

3 4.0

In a way that does not get the result you want

places slightly more emphasis on the failed result itself

F

fruitlessly

vsabortively

2 6.0

In a way that does not succeed

focuses on the general sense of failing to achieve goals

I

ineffectually

vsabortively

1 6.3

In a way that does not get the result you want

is slightly more formal and focuses on failed outcome

U

unproductively

vsabortively

1 6.7

In a way that fails to get useful results

is more general and may include nonproductive but purposeful efforts

I

inefficaciously

vsabortively

9.9

In a way that does not work or help

is more general and less technical in tone

U

unavailingly

vsabortively

8.0

Without success when someone tries to do something

is the common expression conveying the same unsuccessful outcome

Antonyms

S

successfully

350 1.8

In a way that gets the result you want

How Successful

successfully

350 1.8

effectively

261 3.6

unsuccessfully

31 3.0

abortively

7.9

hopelessly

60 3.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology