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HELPFULLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does helpfully mean?
• HELPFULLY (adverb)
The adverb HELPFULLY has 1 sense:
1. in a helpful manner
Familiarity information: HELPFULLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a helpful manner
Context example:
the subtitles are helpfully conveyed
Antonym:
unhelpfully (in an unhelpful manner)
Pertainym:
helpful (providing assistance or serving a useful function)
Context examples
"And you found he was an Oxford man," said Jordan helpfully.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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