Helplessly Definition

adverb
Without protection or assistance.
The fish flopped helplessly in the tiny remaining pool.
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Without the ability to help oneself.
The rolled on the floor laughing helplessly.
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Without the ability to react actively.
The spectators gaped helplessly as the balloon approached the power lines.
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Helplessly Sentence Examples

  • Sofia stood helplessly for a long minute.

  • The wreck of his force drifted away helplessly towards Genoa.

  • Named secretary of state for the southern department on his return home, he soon became helplessly in conflict with the intrigues of Townshend and Sir Robert Walpole.

  • They looked on helplessly while he refashioned the scheme of Sieyes.

  • Gallatin was thrown helplessly back upon the rejected Federalist doctrine of government according to circumstances.

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