defenselessly

Luftwaffe planes fired their guns at her and at the other parachute as they drifted defenselessly to the ground.

And if he can avoid one by taking care not to fling another team’s top scorer defenselessly into the boards, it’s a decision most would wisely take.

As the blood-red pigment rises, the inhabitants stare defenselessly — or drown.

That perspective is heightened by the performance of Ms. Kibler, who looks defenselessly young and unformed.

No less than Black Swan, it grasps at the obvious clichés: Claire is as defenselessly wide-eyed and quivering an ingénue as Portman’s character was.