helpful
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English helpful; equivalent to help + -ful.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]helpful (comparative more helpful, superlative most helpful)
- Furnishing help; giving aid; useful.
- Antonym: unhelpful
- a helpful clue
- a helpful person
- 1597, Jacques Guillemeau, translated by A. M., The Frenche chirurgerye[1], Dort: Iſaac Canin, page 48:
- […] inſtructe the yonge Chyrurgiane, becauſe that vvithout making any great delaye, he might be adiuvable & helpefull to the patient vvith theſe remedyes vvhich conſequently follovve.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]furnishing help; giving aid; useful
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