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Helplessly   /hˈɛlpləsli/   Listen
Helplessly

adverb
1.
In a helpless manner.  Synonyms: impotently, unable to help.






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"Helplessly" Quotes from Famous Books



... do such a thing?" she wailed. "I must have taken the wrong path, and now I am goodness knows where. And even the sun has disappeared. Now I am in a nice fix," and she gazed about her helplessly and vexedly, not knowing which way ...
— Lucile Triumphant • Elizabeth M. Duffield

... midst of sorrow and trial. There is something in homely material duties which heals and calms the mind and gives it power to come back to itself. And in sudden calamities those who know how to make use of their hands do not helplessly wring them, or make trouble worse by clinging to others ...
— The Education of Catholic Girls • Janet Erskine Stuart

... he turned to the bed; but only the huddled, impassive figure beneath the coverlet met his gaze. For more than a minute he stared at it helplessly; then a new thought shot across his mind and his lips drew together in a thin, hard line. The road to revenge lay open before him! With an abrupt gesture he stepped forward and ...
— The Mystics - A Novel • Katherine Cecil Thurston

... grind." She ran out of the room to light the geyser, and tears were streaming down her face, and sobs rising one upon the other in her heart. She sank upon the one bathroom chair, leaned her head against the wall and wept helplessly. Her body was shaken with her crying; never in her life had she so cried before. She felt as if she must ...
— Married Life - The True Romance • May Edginton

... hand helplessly to him. He would not take it and it fell to her side: at that moment he did not dare. But of what use is it to have kept faith with high ideals through trying years if they do not reward us at last with strength in ...
— The Mettle of the Pasture • James Lane Allen


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