defencelessly
- a word derived from defence.
Example Sentences
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And there was one who, delicately and unmistakably and defencelessly, showed me that I was not indifferent to her.
From Recollections of My Childhood and Youth by Brandes, Georg Morris Cohen
If we had not in good time provided protection for them … we should have been exposed to the danger of having one day to look on defencelessly while we were deprived of them.
From The War and Democracy by
She simply hemmed me defencelessly in with a cloud of men that held me impotent, and yet one and all refused to administer to my poor flustered old king a merciful coup de grâce.
From The Best British Short Stories of 1922 by Cournos, John
He received them defencelessly right over his bare head, with both his hands engaged in holding.
From Typhoon by Conrad, Joseph
"I thought if you would give me a job," he said defencelessly.
From Miss Lulu Bett by Gale, Zona
