Meanings
comparative helpier · comparative more helpy · superlative helpiest · superlative most helpy
- informalOffering help; helpful, often in a way that is proactive or overly eager.
John Fernandez, our helpiest helper, has charge of all the box-stalls, and he certainly does clean them thoroughly; from morning till night he stays with the job until he gets through when he says its through there is no earthly use of investigating, for it is.
1915, The Sentinel, volumes 5-9, page 31 more example
Social work clinicians and professors flocked there in droves to discuss the vagaries of human behavior, the latest fashions in intervention, the subtle impact of social policy on human well-being, and the ways social workers might influence both behavior and policy to produce a happier, "helpier" society.
1977, Social Casework, volume 58, page 243
Origin
- Middle Englishhelpy
- Englishhelpy
From Middle English helpy, equivalent to help + -y.
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