defencelessly

1. 1.

   without defense

   “the child was standing in the middle of the crossfire, defenselessly”

   Synonymsdefenselessdefencelessdefenselessly

Questions about defencelessly

What does defencelessly mean?

defencelessly means "without defense".

How many syllables are in defencelessly?

defencelessly has 5 syllables: de-fen-ce-les-sly. The stress falls on "ce".

What is another word for defencelessly?

Close synonyms include defenseless, defenceless, defenselessly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.