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defencelessly
adverb
UK(USdefenselessly)uk /dɪˈfens.ləs.li/ us /dɪˈfens.ləs.li/
in a way that is weak and not protected from attack:
The seals do not spend all their time lying defencelessly on the ice.
We crept on defencelessly, slowly, among the trees, as the bombs fell closer.
These people with poor health are defencelessly at the mercy of the coronavirus.
With the white parachutes clearly visible, many of the men hanging defencelessly beneath them were easy targets.
He has no power any more and peers out defencelessly at the world.
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