impotently

im·po·tent

I0064000 (ĭm′pə-tənt)adj.1. Lacking physical strength or vigor; weak.2. Lacking in power, as to act effectively; helpless: "Technology without morality is barbarous; morality without technology is impotent" (Freeman J. Dyson).3. Incapable of sexual intercourse because of an inability to achieve or sustain an erection.4. Obsolete Lacking self-restraint.

---

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin impotēns, impotent- : in-, not; see in-¹ + potēns, potent; see potent.]

---

im′po·tent·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

impotently - in a helpless manner; "the crowd watched him helplessly"helplessly, unable to help