āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
helplessly
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helplessly
01
āĻ āĻ¸āĻšāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻāĻžāĻŦā§, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻāĻžāĻŦā§
in a way that shows no power or ability to act or protect oneself
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She stood helplessly by as the argument escalated.
āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻŦā§āĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ
āĻ¸āĻšāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§ āĻĻāĻžāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻ āĻ¸āĻšāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻāĻžāĻŦā§, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻā§ āĻ§āĻ°ā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻ āĻā§āĻˇāĻŽ
in a manner that is uncontrollable or unable to be restrained
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The puppy rolled helplessly on the floor after slipping.
āĻĒāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§ āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ
āĻ¸āĻšāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
helplessly
helpless
help
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
