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US
/ˈhɛɫpfəɫ/
]
[ UK /hˈɛlpfəl/ ]
[ UK /hˈɛlpfəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- providing assistance or serving a useful function
How To Use helpful In A Sentence
- The critics call its recipes bland, unhelpful, unoriginal and unhealthy. The Sun
- But at lunch on the first day we were approached by the helpful Hotel Manager Henri and offered a swap to an overwater bungalow.
- On the taxes proposed she said, "Those concerned by our wish list's ` nanny state 'implications might helpfully redirect their focus to the many unseen measures intentionally adopted by the food industry to shape our behaviour … It seems that without our knowledge or consent we are subject to the pervasive' nannying 'activities of industry. THE MEDICAL NEWS
- Changing men's and women's traditional roles is not easy, but in our case it has been helpful.
- The pet shop clerk had been helpful, showing him an assortment of mice and guinea pigs and even a pair of canaries, but in the end, Enoch had settled on the brown-and-white hamster.
- The vital factor he boldly designates "entelechy", or "psychoid", and advocated a return to Aristotle for the most helpful conception of the principle of life. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy
- Knowing as much as you can about the problem is helpful in finding solutions. Coping with Stress at Work
- The structure is surprisingly complex, viewing the same events from different perspectives, which Zhang helpfully colour-codes in ravishing washes of primary tints.
- Expectations, helpfully, could scarcely be lower.
- The book is a mine of research and helpful information. The Times Literary Supplement