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helply

helply adjective: aiding; assisting; ready to help; helpful.

Adjective

helply (comparative helplier or more helply, superlative helpliest or most helply)

  1. (UK, dialectal) Aiding; assisting; ready to help; helpful.
    Synonyms:
    helpsome

Synonyms of helply

Forms of helply

comparativehelplier
comparativemore helply
superlativehelpliest
superlativemost helply

Origin of helply

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

Words formed from helply

Questions about helply

What does helply mean?
Helply means aiding; assisting; ready to help; helpful.
What part of speech is helply?
Helply is an adjective.

Words near helply in the dictionary

  1. helplessness
  2. helplessnesses
  3. helpline
  4. helplines
  5. helpliness
  6. helply
  7. helpmate
  8. helpmates
  9. helpmeet
  10. helpmeets
  11. Helprin

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