helplessly, impotently
(adverb) in a helpless manner; “the crowd watched him helplessly”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
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
11 January 2025
(noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
