Usually means: Unsuccessfully, often despite repeated attempts.
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  1. failingly: Merriam-Webster
  2. failingly: Collins English Dictionary
  3. failingly: Wiktionary
  4. failingly: Dictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (failingly)

▸ adverb:  In a failing manner.

Similar:
faultily, faultfully, fallibly, defectively, futilely, unviably, incompetently, disappointingly, brokenly, unsatisfactorily, more...

Opposite:
successfully, effectively, proficiently, competently

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Similar:
faultily, faultfully, fallibly, defectively, futilely, unviably, incompetently, disappointingly, brokenly, unsatisfactorily, more...

Opposite:
successfully, effectively, proficiently, competently



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