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assistful

assistful adjective: helpful.

Adjective

assistful (comparative more assistful, superlative most assistful)

  1. (archaic) helpful

Forms of assistful

comparativemore assistful
superlativemost assistful

Origin of assistful

From assist + -ful.

Questions about assistful

What does assistful mean?
Assistful means helpful.
What part of speech is assistful?
Assistful is an adjective.

Words near assistful in the dictionary

  1. assistence
  2. assister
  3. assisters
  4. assistest
  5. assisteth
  6. assistful
  7. assisting
  8. assistingly
  9. assistings
  10. assistive
  11. assistive technologies

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