Usually means: Lacking control, influence, or strength.
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  1. powerlessly: Merriam-Webster
  2. powerlessly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. powerlessly: Collins English Dictionary
  4. powerlessly: Vocabulary.com
  5. powerlessly: Wordnik
  6. powerlessly: Wiktionary
  7. powerlessly: Dictionary.com
  8. powerlessly: Rhymezone
  9. powerlessly: FreeDictionary.org
  10. powerlessly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. powerlessly: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. powerlessly: Legal dictionary

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▸ adverb:  In a powerless manner.

Similar:
impotently, defenselessly, ineffectually, incapably, worthlessly, spiritlessly, weak-handed, uneffectually, worldlessly, defencelessly, more...

Opposite:
powerfully, strongly, mightily, potently

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Similar:
impotently, defenselessly, ineffectually, incapably, worthlessly, spiritlessly, weak-handed, uneffectually, worldlessly, defencelessly, more...

Opposite:
powerfully, strongly, mightily, potently



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