impotentlyadv.

/ˈɪmpətəntli/

Etymology: < impotent adj. + -ly suffix².

1. Powerlessly, helplessly, ineffectively.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adverb] > powerlessly or helplessly

helplessly1592

impotently1611

paralysedly1876

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Impuissament, impotently, vnpowerfully.

a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1821) ii. i. 33 To imagine him so impotently mutable, that his favour may be won again with their uncouth devotions.

1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fifth 35 Some weep in Earnest; and yet weep in Vain;..Passion, blind Passion! impotently pours Tears, that deserve more Tears.

1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea II. xvi. 278 He impotently watched the progress of Antemarre's brigade.

†2. Without self-restraint; ungovernably, unrestrainedly. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > violent emotion > [adverb]

rageously1486

violently1518

franticly1549

ragingly1549

wildly1593

turbulently1602

impotently1621

transportedly1652

like wild1674

frantically1749

madly1756

seethingly1887

like crazy1924

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. ii. v. v. 653 He loues her most impotently, shee loues not him, and so è contra.

1631 B. Jonson New Inne i. vi. 101 I haue lou'd this Lady long, And impotently, with desire enough.

1653 H. More Second Lash of Alazonomastix 203 (T.) The danger is of being impotently passionate.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	impotently
释义	impotentlyadv. /ˈɪmpətəntli/ Etymology: < impotent adj. + -ly suffix². 1. Powerlessly, helplessly, ineffectively. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adverb] > powerlessly or helplessly helplessly1592 impotently1611 paralysedly1876 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Impuissament, impotently, vnpowerfully. a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1821) ii. i. 33 To imagine him so impotently mutable, that his favour may be won again with their uncouth devotions. 1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fifth 35 Some weep in Earnest; and yet weep in Vain;..Passion, blind Passion! impotently pours Tears, that deserve more Tears. 1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea II. xvi. 278 He impotently watched the progress of Antemarre's brigade. †2. Without self-restraint; ungovernably, unrestrainedly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > violent emotion > [adverb] rageously1486 violently1518 franticly1549 ragingly1549 wildly1593 turbulently1602 impotently1621 transportedly1652 like wild1674 frantically1749 madly1756 seethingly1887 like crazy1924 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. ii. v. v. 653 He loues her most impotently, shee loues not him, and so è contra. 1631 B. Jonson New Inne i. vi. 101 I haue lou'd this Lady long, And impotently, with desire enough. 1653 H. More Second Lash of Alazonomastix 203 (T.) The danger is of being impotently passionate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adv.1611
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