helpfully

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for helpfully
Adverb
  • Illness prevented Howe from being in the dugout, but his team maintained its finely tuned pressing and relentless counter-pressing in his absence.
    Carl Anka, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
  • To shred the cabbage finely and cut the cucumber into ribbons, use a mandoline.
    Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • In this case, the distributor happily broke its own rule.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Her real name is Madeline Kingston — a woman of means, still happily married, but harboring a secret vendetta.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 17 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • The order was fortunately blocked by India’s Supreme Court.
    Ismat Ara, TIME, 15 Mar. 2025
  • West Jefferson County fire and rescue said the flames endangered several homes but fortunately, as of Monday, no homes have been impacted.
    Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Helpfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helpfully. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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