Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a helpful or serviceable manner.
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- adverb In a
helpful manner.
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- adverb in a helpful manner
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Examples
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One of our favorite pastes is Mae Ploy, a fairly sweet blend that the label helpfully advises is “For Chicken.”
THE ARROWS COOKBOOK Clark Frasier 2003
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Arrête tes conneries! ", which Ms. Brenner helpfully translates as" Stop your bullshit! "
Who Stole the Squeeze Bottle? Exquisite Mayhem at Daniel 2002
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Arrête tes conneries! ", which Ms. Brenner helpfully translates as" Stop your bullshit! "
Who Stole the Squeeze Bottle? Exquisite Mayhem at Daniel 2002
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Though maybe the Right will succeed in helpfully eliding the two in the coming years.
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They'll bury their art in a time capsule to be opened exactly 50 years later by a future generation of schoolchildren in 2009 or, as the titles helpfully declare minutes later, "Present Day."
Film Experience Blog 2009
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Set in 1966, during what an opening title helpfully labels "the greatest era for British rock 'n' roll," the movie takes place almost entirely on a massive, red-hulled ship that has been converted into a radio station for the purpose of promulgating the devil's music to Britain's unsuspecting populace, who would otherwise be limited to the rock-free BBC.
The Clog 2009
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Jay fronts a band called Tamarama, its name helpfully evocative of its sound, soft rock that calls to mind afternoons on airy beaches and the effect of taking two Ambiens.
Slate Magazine 2009
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The BBC "helpfully" have an article that tells us that it is fine for Sharia law to be used in the UK after all those Jews have their own courts - take a look at this article.
Archive 2008-02-01 Not a sheep 2008
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Those aren't names, they are child abuse rofl ... that's what I was thinking about all the names my MIL so "helpfully" suggested.
On the Naming of Kids kittenpie 2008
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That's after figuring out which document is which, since the person who "helpfully" upgraded their computer to OS X didn't realize that the filenames were also encoded in MacJapanese, and would turn into garbage.
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