Definition of Helpfulness

1. Noun. The property of providing useful assistance.

Generic synonyms: Usefulness, Utility
Specialized synonyms: Avail, Help, Service
Derivative terms: Helpful

2. Noun. Friendliness evidence by a kindly and helpful disposition.
Exact synonyms: Kindliness
Generic synonyms: Friendliness
Derivative terms: Kindly

Definition of Helpfulness

1. Noun. The act of being helpful. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Helpfulness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Helpfulness

helper dog
helper factor
helper phage
helper t lymphocyte
helper virus
helper viruses
helpers
helpest
helpeth
helpfile
helpfiles
helpful
helpfull
helpfuller
helpfully
helpfulness (current term)
helpfulnesses
helping
helping-verb
helping behaviour
helping hand
helping hands
helping out
helping profession
helping verb
helping verbs
helpingly
helpings
helpless
helplessly

Literary usage of Helpfulness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Sunday Kindergarten: Game, Gift, and Story; a Manual for Use in the by Carrie Sivyer Ferris (1909)
"The stories portray the helpfulness of the weak, the stranger, ... We need no better reason for using this thought of helpfulness than that Jesus lived a ..."

2. The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses by Theodore Roosevelt (1902)
"... CIVIC helpfulness IN Mr. Lecky's profoundly suggestive book, "The Map of Life," referred to by me in a former article, he emphasizes the change that has ..."

3. American Journal of Education by Barnard (1882)
"KINDNESS AND helpfulness. It is natural for children to infer from their early habits of dependence and helplessness, that it is their part not to help but ..."

4. Mind (1902)
"THE long list of this successful writer's books contains no volume of greater importance or profounder helpfulness than " LIFE AND POWER FROM WITHIN. ..."

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