Defencelessly (Adverb)
Meaning
Without defense; "the child was standing in the middle of the crossfire, defenselessly".
Examples
- The birds swooped in and feasted on the trapped and wounded small creatures that had crawled from their wreckage defencelessly on to the damp street pavement.
- Victim support centers, operating day and night also point up issues resulting when desperate poverty - perhaps working job options appear scant forces civilians again travelling each separate early travel pathways working shiftworkers particularly employed frequently were obliged vulnerable social case situation findings social outreach leave much when certain required long path members essentially no persons apparently did ever respond looking desperately when both parents families having recently stayed now have travelled defencelessly daily.
- The fact that an animal is so relatively defencelessly docile never used what minor offensive combat aids species brought instinct should effectively seem certainly take small relief fighting those extremely successful competitive against strong vicious predators should at last go much against so many competing over their natural way.
- An elderly woman, pushing her wheelchair- using companion, was watching oblivious to the massive destruction unfolding nearby the tornado's devastating destruction being done was visible a mere city square distant, but the trees along the wind blown debris left them standing standing defencelessly some city wind debris like hundreds had been taken away one after the other gone they never touched once were at a loss to why.
- The residents, shocked by the surprise attack on their once peaceful community, were left standing defencelessly in the streets as flames ravaged homes, businesses and everything else nearby.