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What (who) is HAPLESSLY - definition


Haplessly      
·adv In a hapless, unlucky manner.
hapless         
UK TELEVISION SERIES
"The Jewish Enquirer"; Hapless
¦ adjective unlucky; unfortunate.
Derivatives
haplessly adverb
haplessness noun
Origin
ME: from hap + -less.
hapless         
UK TELEVISION SERIES
"The Jewish Enquirer"; Hapless
A hapless person is unlucky. (FORMAL)
...his hapless victim.
ADJ: ADJ n
Examples of use of HAPLESSLY
1. In what has become known as the "Umbrella Incident," a university student haplessly opened his wet umbrella, splashing a soldier.
2. The Lahore–based star made no mistake with his powerful reverse as a frozen Lambert looked on haplessly.
3. They can either stand up now and fight Islam‘s radical fringes from within or sit haplessly by while Western governments do it for them.
4. He rolls down the window and yells to a policeman haplessly trying to flag him down, "Code 20!" –– police jargon for journalist.
5. Despite all this opportunity, though, the question remains: are lesbians any better at cruising now than when they were haplessly roaming Hampstead Heath?