Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (1)
1.
without success;
- Example: "she tried unsuccessfully to persuade him to buy a new car"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Unsuccessful \Un`suc*cess"ful\, a.
Not successful; not producing the desired event; not
fortunate; meeting with, or resulting in, failure; unlucky;
unhappy. -- Un`suc*cess"ful*ly, adv. --
Un`suc*cess"ful*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
unsuccessfully
adv 1: without success; "she tried unsuccessfully to persuade
him to buy a new car" [ant: successfully]