helpliness

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noun

The state, quality, or condition of being helply

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Meanings

nounhelpliness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state, quality, or condition of being helply

    "… What is there to prevent me ?" Dwelling on this question, as if weighed down by a sense of ignoble self-helpliness, he fell fast asleep.

    1872, The London Journal: And Weekly Record of Literature, Science, and Art
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    Where she finds her greatness, departing from her, and is made mute equally by a sense of helpliness, and a feeling of pride, her look and attitude conveyed wonderful expression.

    1825, Edinburgh Dramatic Review - Volumes 3-5

Origin

From helply + -ness.

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APA

helpliness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/helpliness

MLA

“helpliness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/helpliness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “helpliness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/helpliness.

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