Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The condition or characteristic of being helpful; assistance; usefulness.

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  • noun The quality of being helpful.

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  • noun the property of providing useful assistance
  • noun friendliness evidence by a kindly and helpful disposition

Etymologies

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helpful +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • Sure, you can offer some temporary relief with suggestion but it's not going to have longterm helpfulness that the real deal techniques will give.

    Can't Find the Feelings . . .. . . fear and regression hypnotic techniques . . .. . . . . . and dealing with resistance . . . 2005

  • Sure, you can offer some temporary relief with suggestion but it's not going to have longterm helpfulness that the real deal techniques will give.

    Life of Brian: 2005

  • It would be an impervious being who would not note that this outpouring of the spirit of helpfulness is not present in all the dealings between the scattered members of our human family.

    League of Red Cross Societies - Nobel Lecture 1963

  • Kindness-under the influence of which a man is said to ‘be kind’ may be defined as helpfulness towards some one in need, not in return for anything, nor for the advantage of the helper himself, but for that of the person helped.

    Rhetoric Aristotle 2002

  • Here in the Chicago area, the Harris Bank has an ad campaign based on the idea of helpfulness, and has just started running a new set of spots that employs, basically, this same device.

    Advertising for Peanuts 2008

  • Here in the Chicago area, the Harris Bank has an ad campaign based on the idea of helpfulness, and has just started running a new set of spots that employs, basically, this same device.

    Advertising for Peanuts Jim Morris 2008

  • Here in the Chicago area, the Harris Bank has an ad campaign based on the idea of helpfulness, and has just started running a new set of spots that employs, basically, this same device.

    Advertising for Peanuts 2008

  • Then there are those damning insidious remarks of Libyan dictator Col. Muammar Gaddafi thanking, among others, the Queen, Prince Andrew (a so-called "Special Representative" for British trade) and Brown for their assistance, as well as open admissions by British trade experts as to the "helpfulness" of the release, leaving many to conclude, despite denials, that the deal was done in exchange for Libyan oil.

    Vicky Ward: Why Britain Should Apologize for Releasing the Lockerbie Killer -- and Why it Won't 2009

  • Apparently amazon.com has changed the way they rate reviewers, now ranking based on "helpfulness" rather than sheer volume.

    Rising curve jhetley 2009

  • Yahoo added yet another layer of "helpfulness" to its search boxes Tuesday, introducing a feature it calls "Search Assist," which suggests links to useful Yahoo pages and shows stock prices as a user types in the search box.

    Wired Top Stories 2009

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