Meaning

1 senses
  1. (UK, dialectal)Aiding; assisting; ready to help; helpful.

Origin

From Middle English helply, equivalent to help + -ly. Cognate with Middle Low German hulpl

From Middle English helply, equivalent to help + -ly. Cognate with Middle Low German hulplik (“helply”), Middle High German helflich, helfelich (“helply”).

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Forms

helplier/more helply, helpliest/most helply
Comparativehelplier / more helply Lesson
Superlativehelpliest / most helply Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Derivedhelpliness

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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