Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

powerlessly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pow-er-less-ly
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a powerless manner.

Example Sentences

"Women, accustomed to shivering powerlessly at their desks, cried foul, but several male readers contended that a different sort of injustice was at play — wardrobe inequality."

Etymology

Etymology tree English powerless Middle English -ly English -ly English powerlessly From powerless + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more powerlessly (comparative) most powerlessly (superlative)

Questions

What does powerlessly mean?: In a powerless manner.
Where does powerlessly come from?: Etymology tree English powerless Middle English -ly English -ly English powerlessly From powerless + -ly.

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