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Definition of Powerlessly
1. Adverb. In a powerless manner.
Definition of Powerlessly
1. Adverb. In a powerless manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Powerlessly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Powerlessly
Literary usage of Powerlessly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1913)
"Active and passive motions in the upper left extremity normal, while right arm
when raised fell powerlessly. The right leg only slightly weaker than left; ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1857)
"She rose to her feet, and glared at him, then lank powerlessly into the chair.
A short silence followed. Then Miss Lindsay approached and bent over her ..."
3. The Works of George Meredith by George Meredith (1897)
"What extremity?' Her large dark eyes flashed powerlessly; her shape appeared to
have narrowed; her tongue, too, was a feeble penitent. ..."
4. The Constitutional and Political History of the United States by Hermann Von Holst, John Joseph Lalor, Ira Hutchinson Brainerd (1885)
"... to say nothing of its having effected such a reconciliation; but the agitation
of the two extreme camps broke powerlessly against the resolution of the ..."
5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1827)
"... and powerlessly on my arm. The light from our boat-fire shone upon her face.
I saw her eyes, which she had closed for a moment, again opening upon me ..."
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