Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Aiding; assisting; helpful.
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- adjective
Aiding ;assisting ; ready to help;helpful .
Etymologies
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From Middle English helply, equivalent to help + -ly. Cognate with Middle Low German hulplik ("helply"), Middle High German helflich, helfelich ("helply").
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Examples
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Nevertheless to my conceit (till I wete more) me thinketh that these should be full helply unto thee, and not much unaccording to thy disposition, after that I feel in thee.
The Cell of Self-Knowledge : seven early English mystical treatises printed by Henry Pepwell in 1521 Henry Pepwell 1902
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And all these other things, as is fasting, waking, sharp wearing, and all these other, they are needful [201] in as much as they are helply to get this, so that without this they are nought.
The Cell of Self-Knowledge : seven early English mystical treatises printed by Henry Pepwell in 1521 Henry Pepwell 1902
hernesheir commented on the word helply
Here's an archaic adjective that ends in -ly like an adverb.
December 5, 2010