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Adverb: defenselessly  du'fens-lus-lee
Usage: US (elsewhere: defencelessly)
  1. Without defense or protection; vulnerably
    "the child was standing in the middle of the crossfire, defenselessly";
    - defenseless [US], defenceless [Brit, Cdn], defencelessly [Brit, Cdn]

See also: vulnerably