helpy
helpy adjective: offering help; helpful, often in a way that is proactive or overly eager.
Adjective
helpy (comparative helpier or more helpy, superlative helpiest or most helpy)
- Offering help; helpful, often in a way that is proactive or overly eager.
- John Fernandez, our helpiest helper, has charge of all the box-stalls, and he certainly does clean them thoroughly; from morning till night he stays with the job until he gets through when he says its through there is no earthly use of investigating, for it is.1915, The Sentinel, volumes 5-9, page 3
- Social work clinicians and professors flocked there in droves to discuss the vagaries of human behavior, the latest fashions in intervention, the subtle impact of social policy on human well-being, and the ways social workers might influence both behavior and policy to produce a happier, "helpier"...1977, Social Casework, volume 58, page 243
Forms of helpy
| comparative | helpier |
|---|---|
| comparative | more helpy |
| superlative | helpiest |
| superlative | most helpy |
Origin of helpy
From Middle English helpy, equivalent to help + -y.
Words formed from helpy
Questions about helpy
- What does helpy mean?
- Helpy means offering help; helpful, often in a way that is proactive or overly eager.
- What part of speech is helpy?
- Helpy is an adjective.
Words near helpy in the dictionary
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