HELPLESSLY

helplessly, impotently

(adverb) in a helpless manner; “the crowd watched him helplessly”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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

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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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