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The unphilosophical majority among men are the ones most helplessly dependent on their era's dominant ideas.
Leonard Peikoff

Meaning of "helplessly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HELPLESSLY

helplessly  [ˈhelpləslɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HELPLESSLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Helplessly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES HELPLESSLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of helplessly in the English dictionary

The definition of helplessly in the dictionary is without being able to do anything.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HELPLESSLY


aimlessly
ˈeɪmləslɪ
carelessly
ˈkɛələslɪ
effortlessly
ˈɛfətləslɪ
endlessly
ˈɛndləslɪ
fabulously
ˈfæbjʊləslɪ
flawlessly
ˈflɔːləslɪ
haplessly
ˈhæpləslɪ
hopelessly
ˈhəʊpləslɪ
marvellously
ˈmɑːvələslɪ
mercilessly
ˈmɜːsɪləslɪ
meticulously
məˈtɪkjʊləslɪ
miraculously
mɪˈrækjʊləslɪ
needlessly
ˈniːdləslɪ
relentlessly
rɪˈlɛntləslɪ
ridiculously
rɪˈdɪkjʊləslɪ
seamlessly
ˈsiːmləslɪ
shamelessly
ˈʃeɪmləslɪ
shapelessly
ˈʃeɪpləslɪ
tirelessly
ˈtaɪələslɪ
wordlessly
ˈwɜːdləslɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HELPLESSLY

help a person off with
help a person on with
help desk
help menu
help out
help screens
helpable
helper
helper T-cell
helpful
helpfully
helpfulness
helping
helping hand
helpless
helplessness
helpline
Helpmann
helpmate
helpmeet

WORDS THAT END LIKE HELPLESSLY

artlessly
blamelessly
breathlessly
ceaselessly
doubtlessly
expressly
faultlessly
fearlessly
fruitlessly
grossly
listlessly
mindlessly
noiselessly
painlessly
ruthlessly
selflessly
senselessly
soundlessly
spotlessly
thoughtlessly
timelessly

Synonyms and antonyms of helplessly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «helplessly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HELPLESSLY

Find out the translation of helplessly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of helplessly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «helplessly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

无奈
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sin poder hacer nada
570 millions of speakers

English

helplessly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

असहाय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بلا حول ولا قوة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

беспомощно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

impotente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অসহায়ভাবে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

impuissant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak berdaya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hilflos
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

どうしようもなく
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

속수무책
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Helplessly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bất lực
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வேறுவழியில்லாமல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

असहाय्यपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Çaresizce
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

impotente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bezradnie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

безпорадно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

neputincios
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αδύναμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hulpeloos
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hjälplöst
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hjelpeløst
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of helplessly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HELPLESSLY»

The term «helplessly» is regularly used and occupies the 58.193 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HELPLESSLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «helplessly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «helplessly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about helplessly

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6 QUOTES WITH «HELPLESSLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word helplessly.
1
Laura Marling
I'm reluctantly interested in love and helplessly interested in logic and yet they're so conflicting. And they're both necessary for a happy balance, a happy existence... I think.
2
Michael McCaul
In too many cases, the moms, the dads, the sisters and brothers of children with cancer must stand by a hospital bed and watch helplessly as this horrible disease consumes the life of an innocent child.
3
Cynthia Ozick
No one can teach writing, but classes may stimulate the urge to write. If you are born a writer, you will inevitably and helplessly write. A born writer has self-knowledge. Read, read, read. And if you are a fiction writer, don't confine yourself to reading fiction. Every writer is first a wide reader.
4
Leonard Peikoff
The unphilosophical majority among men are the ones most helplessly dependent on their era's dominant ideas.
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Josiah Royce
As for you, my beloved friend, I loyally believe in your uniqueness; but whenever I try to tell to you wherein it consists, I helplessly describe only a type.
6
Polly Toynbee
People want the right to die at a time of their own choosing. Too many families have watched helplessly as a relative dies slowly, longing for death.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HELPLESSLY»

Discover the use of helplessly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to helplessly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Elizabeth Jolley's Fictions: Helplessly Tangled in Female ...
Study and discussion of the works of one of Australia's most critically acclaimed contemporary authors.
Paul Salzman, 1993
2
A General Dictionary of the English Language
HELPLESSNESS, helplessly. s. Want of succour. HELTER- SKELTER, ha'-tAr- fkct'-tur. ad. In a hurry, without order. HELVE, helv'. s. The handle of an ax. HEM, hem', s. Thcedgeof a garment doubled and sewed to keep the threads from ...
Thomas Sheridan, 1780
3
The Last Sultan: The Life and Times of Ahmet Ertegun
Helplessly. Hoping. “Jerry Wexler never liked Crosby, Stills & Nash because they wanted so much freaking artistic autonomy. While we were arguing about this, Wilson Pickett walks in the room and comes up to Jerry and says, 'Jerry,' and he ...
Robert Greenfield, 2012
4
Captured by the Arabs
... the top when suddenly the ground gave wayfrom under Joe's dromedary. The animal fell to its knees, struggled for a moment, and fellbackward. With awild shout Joe plunged fromthe animal's backand went rolling helplessly downthe hill!
James H. Foster, 1933
5
Bhagavad Gita and Its Message: With Text, Translation and ...
"Leaning upon my own Nature, prakrtirh svamadhistdycT it will say later "I loose forth variously, visrijami, this multitude of creatures helplessly subject owing to the control of Prakriti, avasam prakrter vasat." "Standing upon my own Nature" it ...
Anilbaran Roy, 1996
6
Domination And Defiance: Fathers and Daughters in Shakespeare
tive, proud, and manipulative or as helplessly passive. She is herself a tragic paradox. A spirited, courageous young woman, Desdemona is moved by the depth of her love to conform to a static and fatal ideal of feminine behavior. Among ...
Diane Dreher
7
Magic Lobsters and Flying Tagines
GAY/LESBIAN FICTION After a businessman transforms a brothel into a After a businessman transforms a brothel into a boutique hotel in Morocco, he is helplessly controlled boutique hotel in Morocco, he is helplessly controlled by the strange ...
J. P. Whaley, 2014
8
Dirty Bombshell: From Thyroid Cancer Back to Fabulous!
Helplessly. Hypo. Dr. Smith called to walk me through the preparation for my radioactive iodine radiation. Step one was to become void of any synthetic thyroid levels in my body in order for the radiation to do its' job. Step two was to go on the ...
Lorna J. Brunelle, 2010
9
The Cambridge Companion to John Updike
HELPLESSLY. 50'S. GUY”. StaceyOlster At the beginning of U and I (1991), news of Donald Barthelme's death prompts Nicholson Baker to contemplate how “ disassembled and undirected and simply bereft” he would feel were he to learn of ...
Stacey Olster, 2006
10
Discovering Voice: Voice Lessons for Middle and High School
... is dramatically changed. I 30 / Discovering Voice. Character Evidence of attitude Diction Detail Figurative Imagery Syntax language Boy helplessly He went He went The feeding Emphasis helplessly to helplessly to her of the fawn on his ...
Nancy Dean, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HELPLESSLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term helplessly is used in the context of the following news items.
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Jacob deGrom dominates and perhaps should have been starter …
As Iglesias flailed away helplessly, Trout was standing in the on-deck circle. "I never got to him," deGrom said, smiling. "I guess I really didn't ... «Newsday, Jul 15»
2
Just How Good Is 'To Kill a Mockingbird'? | The New Republic
... she does or says something, after which he is helplessly hers: He'll follow her not only to the end of her book but to the end of the earth. «The New Republic, Jul 15»
3
Firefighters can only watch as live power lines keep them from …
#TIETON — Firefighters watched helplessly for an hour and a half as a power pole burned before sending a surge of electricity into a home that ... «Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Jul 15»
4
Mobile home residents: The rent is too high - Times-Standard
But to leave an entire segment of the population, and an especially vulnerable one at that, helplessly dependent upon the good will of strangers ... «Eureka Times Standard, Jul 15»
5
Heavy Rains Flood Homes In Poca - WCHS - ABC
Skeen could only watch, helplessly, as the water seeped into her basement. “It's kind of disheartening because it just keeps happening over ... «WCHS-TV8, Jul 15»
6
Tony Perkins: Planned Parenthood's Fetal Flaw — The Patriot Post
Meanwhile, U.S. veterans (if they aren't on waiting lists for health care) watch helplessly as the blood they poured out to help stabilize the ... «Patriot Post, Jul 15»
7
Over 30 people homeless after fire guts two houses - Fijivillage …
We then called National Fire Authority CEO, John O'Connor and questioned him on what was happening as the residents watched helplessly ... «Fijivillage, Jul 15»
8
Great White Shark Saved By Beachgoers On Cape Cod …
One of the magnificent creatures found itself helplessly beached in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on Monday. But instead of fleeing, calm ... «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
9
Women Vigilantes to Campaign against Hooch in Maharashtra
... Pradesh mounted formidable protests against arrack—a country liquor—as men of their villages have becoming helplessly addicted to it. «Google, Jul 15»
10
The TJ Warren Dilemma - Today's Fastbreak
Randle broke his tibia in his NBA debut, and the youngster spent his rookie season rehabbing and helplessly watching the Lakers put together ... «Today's Fastbreak, Jul 15»

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