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vulnerably
adverb
uk /ˈvʌl.nər.ə.bli/ us /ˈvʌl.nɚ.ə.bli/
in a way that makes it easy for someone to be physically or mentally hurt, influenced, or attacked, or that makes them look as if this could happen:
He was poised vulnerably with a pot of coffee and a jug of hot milk.
The photograph shows her smiling vulnerably at the camera.
Many of the men had a history of mental health problems, and were vulnerably housed or homeless.
The colony of birds had now become vulnerably small.
He had extraordinary talent, but he was vulnerably dependent on their approval.
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