defenselessly

1. 1.

   without defense

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

   Synonymsdefenselessdefencelessdefencelessly

Questions about defenselessly

What does defenselessly mean?

defenselessly means "without defense".

How many syllables are in defenselessly?

defenselessly has 5 syllables: de-fen-se-les-sly. The stress falls on "se".

What is another word for defenselessly?

Close synonyms include defenseless, defenceless, defencelessly. 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.