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TOPIK 6adverb

하릴없이

harireopsi [하리럽씨]

하릴없이 + verb; adjective 하릴없다 (하릴없어요)

helplessly, with no other choice; unmistakably

Example

버스를 놓친 우리는 하릴없이 걸어서 집에 갔어요.

Having missed the bus, we had no choice but to walk home.

Word parts

From 하릴없다 'to have no way out'; not the same as 할 일 없이 'with nothing to do'.

Good to know

Pronounced [하리럽씨]; many people misuse it as 'idly', but the dictionary sense is 'helplessly'.