HELPFULNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does helpfulness mean? 

• HELPFULNESS (noun)
  The noun HELPFULNESS has 2 senses:

1. the property of providing useful assistance

2. friendliness evidence by a kindly and helpful disposition

  Familiarity information: HELPFULNESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HELPFULNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The property of providing useful assistance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("helpfulness" is a kind of...):

usefulness; utility (the quality of being of practical use)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "helpfulness"):

avail; help; service (a means of serving)

Derivation:

helpful (providing assistance or serving a useful function)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Friendliness evidence by a kindly and helpful disposition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

helpfulness; kindliness

Hypernyms ("helpfulness" is a kind of...):

friendliness (a friendly disposition)

 Context examples 

A subjective answer of strong agreement regarding the helpfulness of something.

(Extremely Helpful, NCI Thesaurus)

This household happiness did not come all at once, but John and Meg had found the key to it, and each year of married life taught them how to use it, unlocking the treasuries of real home love and mutual helpfulness, which the poorest may possess, and the richest cannot buy.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)