HELPFUL

helpful

(adjective) providing assistance or serving a useful function

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

helpful (comparative more helpful, superlative most helpful)

Furnishing help; giving aid; useful.

Antonym: unhelpful

Source: Wiktionary


Help"ful, a.

Definition: Furnishing help; giving aid; assistant; useful; salutary. Heavens make our presence and our practices Pleasant and helpful to him! Shak.

– Help"ful*ly, adv.

– Help"ful*ness, n. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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