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HELPLESSLY
helplessly, impotently
(adverb) in a helpless manner; “the crowd watched him helplessly”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
helplessly (comparative more helplessly, superlative most helplessly)
Without protection or assistance.
Without the ability to help oneself.
Without the ability to react actively.
Source: Wiktionary
HELPLESS
Help"less, a.
1. Destitute of help or strength; unable to help or defend one's self; needing help; feeble; weak; as, a helpless infant. How shall I then your helpless fame defend Pope.
2. Beyond help; irremediable. Some helpless disagreement or dislike, either of mind or body. Milton.
3. Bringing no help; unaiding. [Obs.] Yet since the gods have been Helpless foreseers of my plagues. Chapman.
4. Unsupplied; destitute; -- with of. [R.] Helpless of all that human wants require. Dryden.
– Help"less*ly, adv.
– Help"less*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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GUILLOTINE
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