helpful

[ help-fuhl ]

/ ˈhɛlp fəl /

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adjective

giving or rendering aid or assistance; of service: Your comments were very helpful.

Origin of helpful

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at help, -ful

SYNONYMS FOR helpful

useful, convenient; beneficial, advantageous.

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ANTONYMS FOR helpful

useless, inconvenient.

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OTHER WORDS FROM helpful

help·ful·ly, adverb help·ful·ness, noun o·ver·help·ful, adjective o·ver·help·ful·ly, adverb

o·ver·help·ful·ness, noun qua·si-help·ful, adjective qua·si-help·ful·ly, adverb un·help·ful, adjective un·help·ful·ly, adverb

Words nearby helpful

helper, helper cell, helper t cell, helper t-cell, helper virus, helpful, helping, helping hand, helping verb, helpless, helpline

Example sentences from the Web for helpfully

The text, spread out over pages, was helpfully posted directly below the video.

Hillary Gets a Challenger and He’s a Marine |David Freedlander |November 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
No one cut the interview short and, as Heather helpfully pointed out, “You are free to leave.”

North Korea’s Propaganda Art Exhibit in London |Nico Hines |November 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But should you lack the energy to sift through the glut of options yourself, we can at least helpfully endorse this one.

WGN’s ‘Manhattan’ Is Summer’s Best New Show. But Will Anyone Watch? |Kevin Fallon |July 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The Mail, helpfully, reports that Pippa has stocked up with special “chamois cream” for the purpose of protecting her butt.

Pippa Eating At McDonalds in Missouri RIGHT NOW! |Tom Sykes |June 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

That character is called, helpfully, Michael Hastings, and he is in his early-to-mid 20s.

Newsweek Takedown From Beyond the Grave: Michael Hastings’s Fiction Tells the Truth |Christopher Dickey |June 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He might not have gained so many good Roman friends to tell him helpfully of the wonders of the city.

The Happy Golfer |Henry Leach
"There was the Capitan Smeeth," suggested Incarnacion helpfully.

McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908 |Various
It always encourages me; and I wish some one would write as helpfully to her, for she needs cheering up with all the care she has.

Louisa May Alcott |Louisa May Alcott
"Doubtless there are many others equally enticing," suggested Shen Yi helpfully.

Kai Lung's Golden Hours |Ernest Bramah
Résumés of adventures are helpfully presented by important characters at different stages in the narrative.

Essays on the Greek Romances |Elizabeth Hazelton Haight

British Dictionary definitions for helpfully

helpful

/ (ˈhɛlpfʊl) /

adjective

serving a useful function; giving help

Derived forms of helpful

helpfully, adverb helpfulness, noun

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