What does helplessly mean?
Definitions for helplessly
help·less·ly
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word helplessly.
Princeton's WordNet
helplessly, impotently, unable to helpadverb
in a helpless manner
"the crowd watched him helplessly"
Wiktionary
helplesslyadverb
Without protection or assistance.
The fish flopped helplessly in the tiny remaining pool.
helplesslyadverb
Without the ability to help oneself.
The rolled on the floor laughing helplessly.
helplesslyadverb
Without the ability to react actively.
The spectators gaped helplessly as the balloon approached the power lines.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Helplesslyadverb
Without succour; without ability.
Etymology: from helpless.
ChatGPT
helplessly
Helplessly refers to the state or condition of being unable to do anything or act effectively to change or prevent a certain situation. It describes a condition of being powerless or lacking control.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of helplessly in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of helplessly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of helplessly in a Sentence
It failed as a humanitarian organization because it had lost its moral compass, it failed... by responding to the outrageous with standard procedures, it looked on helplessly and silently...
Turn your midlife crisis to your own advantage by making it a time for renewal of your body and mind, rather than stand by helplessly and watch them decline.
Domestic violence was a way of life in my home growing up, my brother and I watched helplessly numerous times as my mother was beaten and knocked unconscious while we dialed 911.
Ours is the century of enforced travel of disappearances. The century of people helplessly seeing others, who were close to them, disappear over the horizon.
She cursed me, telling me ‘You should have stayed in North Korea. Why did you come here and bump into me?‘ it deeply hurt me. I couldn’t show my temper because I was hurt too much ... I just stood helplessly and I didn’t go to school for a week.
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- sin poder hacer nadaSpanish
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