Helplessly Synonyms

Without regard to desire or inclination
(Adverb)
Synonyms:
  1. involuntarily
  2. perforce
  3. impotently
  4. willy-nilly
  5. unable to help

Words Related to Helplessly

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Helplessly Sentence Examples

  • Sofia stood helplessly for a long minute.

  • The wreck of his force drifted away helplessly towards Genoa.

  • Named secretary of state for the southern department on his return home, he soon became helplessly in conflict with the intrigues of Townshend and Sir Robert Walpole.

  • They looked on helplessly while he refashioned the scheme of Sieyes.

  • Gallatin was thrown helplessly back upon the rejected Federalist doctrine of government according to circumstances.

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