haplessly
In unfortunate fashion
In a manner marked by bad luck or misfortune, without the ability to improve one's situation.
The word suggests someone stumbling through circumstances beyond their control: He haplessly wandered into the wrong meeting room, She haplessly agreed to help before knowing what was involved.
The tone is often sympathetic or mildly comic.
In an unfortunate manner
- unfortunatelyExpressing bad luck
- lucklesslyWithout good fortune
- jinxedAfflicted with misfortune
- cursedUnder a malevolent spell
doomed · star-crossed · woeful · tragic · pitifully · wretchedly · miserably · forlornly
Lacking competence or grace
- clumsilyIn an uncoordinated manner
- awkwardlyIn a clumsy manner
- bunglinglyIn a clumsy manner
- fumblinglyIn an awkward manner
blunderingly · maladroitly · ungainly · ham-fistedly · bumblingly · ineffectually · ineffectively · fecklessly
Without ability to act
- defenselesslyWithout means of protection
- vulnerablyWithout defense or shield
- impotentlyWithout strength or influence
- hopelesslyWithout any expectation
desperately · pitiably · dependently · resignedly · passively · submissively · meekly · feebly
Without aim or goal
- directionlesslyWithout orientation or purpose
- adriftFloating without control
- rudderlesslyWithout guidance or control
- wanderinglyIn a roving manner
randomly · planlessly · vaguely · indecisively · confusedly
unluckily
In an unfortunate manner
- unfortunatelyExpressing bad luck
- lucklesslyWithout good fortune
- jinxedAfflicted with misfortune
cursed · doomed · star-crossed · woeful · tragic · pitifully · wretchedly · miserably · forlornly · pathetically
ineptly
Lacking competence or grace
- clumsilyIn an uncoordinated manner
- awkwardlyIn a clumsy manner
- bunglinglyIn a clumsy manner
fumblingly · blunderingly · maladroitly · ungainly · ham-fistedly · bumblingly · ineffectually · ineffectively · fecklessly · uselessly
powerlessly
Without ability to act
- defenselesslyWithout means of protection
- vulnerablyWithout defense or shield
- impotentlyWithout strength or influence
hopelessly · desperately · pitiably · dependently · resignedly · passively · submissively · meekly · feebly
purposelessly
Without aim or goal
- directionlesslyWithout orientation or purpose
- adriftFloating without control
- rudderlesslyWithout guidance or control
wanderingly · randomly · planlessly · vaguely · indecisively · confusedly
haplesslyfortunately
By favorable circumstance
luckily · auspiciously · fortuitously · felicitously · propitiously
haplesslyskillfully
With practiced competence
dexterously · adeptly · competently · capably · adroitly