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powerlessly

powerlessly adverb: in a powerless manner.

Adverb

powerlessly (comparative more powerlessly, superlative most powerlessly)

  1. In a powerless manner.
    • Women, accustomed to shivering powerlessly at their desks, cried foul, but several male readers contended that a different sort of injustice was at play — wardrobe inequality.2015 August 4, Lela Moore, “Blame a Male-Biased Algorithm for the Temperature in Your Office? Readers Respond”, in The New York Times

Forms of powerlessly

comparativemore powerlessly
superlativemost powerlessly

Origin of powerlessly

From powerless + -ly.

Questions about powerlessly

What does powerlessly mean?
Powerlessly means in a powerless manner.
What part of speech is powerlessly?
Powerlessly is an adverb.

Words near powerlessly in the dictionary

  1. powerist
  2. powerists
  3. powerlaw
  4. powerlaws
  5. powerless
  6. powerlessly
  7. powerlessness
  8. powerlessnesses
  9. powerlevel
  10. powerleveled
  11. powerleveling

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