"powerlessly" meaning in English

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        "2": "powerless",
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  "etymology_text": "From powerless + -ly.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "more powerlessly",
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    {
      "form": "most powerlessly",
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        "superlative"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2015 August 4, Lela Moore, “Blame a Male-Biased Algorithm for the Temperature in Your Office? Readers Respond”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "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.",
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      "glosses": [
        "In a powerless manner."
      ],
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        [
          "powerless",
          "powerless"
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  "word": "powerlessly"
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        "2": "powerless",
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      "expansion": "powerless + -ly",
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  "etymology_text": "From powerless + -ly.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more powerlessly",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most powerlessly",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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        {
          "ref": "2015 August 4, Lela Moore, “Blame a Male-Biased Algorithm for the Temperature in Your Office? Readers Respond”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "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.",
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        "In a powerless manner."
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