Usually means: Unable to prevent or avoid.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word helplessly:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. helplessly: Merriam-Webster
  2. helplessly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. helplessly: Collins English Dictionary
  4. helplessly: Vocabulary.com
  5. Helplessly, helplessly: Wordnik
  6. helplessly: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. helplessly: Wiktionary
  8. helplessly: Dictionary.com
  9. helplessly: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. helplessly: Rhymezone
  11. helplessly: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. helplessly: FreeDictionary.org
  13. helplessly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. helplessly: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. helplessly: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (helplessly)

▸ adverb:  Without protection or assistance.
▸ adverb:  Without the ability to help oneself.
▸ adverb:  Without the ability to react actively.

Similar:
impotently, unable to help, alone, unassistedly, unassisted, supportlessly, unsupportedly, by oneself, single-handedly, friendlessly, more...

Opposite:
capably, competently, adeptly, skillfully

Types:
powerlessly, defenselessly, impotently, vulnerable, more...

Phrases:
Helplessly Hoping, to watch helplessly, stumble helplessly, in love helplessly, scream helplessly, more...

Colors:
    pale blue,     gray,     lavender,     soft pink,     muted teal, more...



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Similar:
impotently, unable to help, alone, unassistedly, unassisted, supportlessly, unsupportedly, by oneself, single-handedly, friendlessly, more...

Opposite:
capably, competently, adeptly, skillfully

Types:
powerlessly, defenselessly, impotently, vulnerable, more...

Phrases:
Helplessly Hoping, to watch helplessly, stumble helplessly, in love helplessly, scream helplessly, helplessly stare, stare helplessly, helplessly in love, watching helplessly, more...

Colors:
    pale blue,     gray,     lavender,     soft pink,     muted teal, more...



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