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Recent Examples of helpfully
Jenna helpfully jumped up and took the platter in both hands — before dropping the cake in its entirety.
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Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Apr. 2026
Perfectionists Nini and Jane are feeling a bit neurotic, while Darlene Mitchell helpfully steers Juicy to develop a Karen that will lean into her strengths and make Ru laugh.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2026
The creator, who used a pseudonym, helpfully carved these guidelines on the stones in eight different languages.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 17 Mar. 2026
The Apple Health app helpfully shows your sleep breakdown alongside key overnight health stats, such as respiration rate and heart rate.
—Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 10 Mar. 2026
On another, Timothy Dial, the key-control officer, assuming that Friedmann was a laborer, helpfully led him to a stairwell, where Friedmann hid tools.
—James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
The lens includes a lens cap that doubles as a filter holder, which helpfully also works with the lens hood attached.
—Tantse Walter, Space.com, 18 Feb. 2026
Coffee can reduce inflammation, blood pressure and oxidative stress (the last of which can lead to cell and tissue damage), thus helpfully impacting many of the physical signs of aging, Kao said.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
As Chadwick approached the tee, Drake helpfully reminded him not to hit the ball there.
—Tim Rohan, NBC news, 5 Feb. 2026
Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Apr. 2026
Perfectionists Nini and Jane are feeling a bit neurotic, while Darlene Mitchell helpfully steers Juicy to develop a Karen that will lean into her strengths and make Ru laugh.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2026
The creator, who used a pseudonym, helpfully carved these guidelines on the stones in eight different languages.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 17 Mar. 2026
The Apple Health app helpfully shows your sleep breakdown alongside key overnight health stats, such as respiration rate and heart rate.
—Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 10 Mar. 2026
On another, Timothy Dial, the key-control officer, assuming that Friedmann was a laborer, helpfully led him to a stairwell, where Friedmann hid tools.
—James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
The lens includes a lens cap that doubles as a filter holder, which helpfully also works with the lens hood attached.
—Tantse Walter, Space.com, 18 Feb. 2026
Coffee can reduce inflammation, blood pressure and oxidative stress (the last of which can lead to cell and tissue damage), thus helpfully impacting many of the physical signs of aging, Kao said.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
As Chadwick approached the tee, Drake helpfully reminded him not to hit the ball there.
—Tim Rohan, NBC news, 5 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for helpfully
Adverb
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When all are well mixed, pour on the boiling Ale by degrees, beating up the mixture continually; then pour it rapidly backward and forward from one jug to another, keeping one jug raised high above the other; till the flip is smooth and finely frothed.—
Jay R. Brooks,
Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2026
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The process of designing and engineering cars has been finely honed by automakers over the decades, even as computer technology has revolutionized the industry and safety standards and requirements strengthened.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Santa Cruz, a hunk of volcanic rock wedged between the blues of sky and ocean and inhabited by over a thousand scrappy species of creatures and plants, feels magnificently wild.—
Betsy Andrews,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Mar. 2026
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Gill is a storm of rage, magnificently suppressing George’s base instincts for the sake of decorum.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Although 2010’s unevenly awesome Hellbilly Deluxe 2 was advantageously billed as a follow-up to his debut, The Great Satan actually sounds like a spiritual successor.—
Eli Enis,
Pitchfork,
27 Feb. 2026
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The upshot is that the trend of AI for mental health can be perceived differently, advantageously so, when recast as a matter of AI for mental wealth.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
5 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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There are a ton of local shops to rent from that will happily meet you at the ferry terminal or the airport with your rental car.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Apr. 2026
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The receptionist works behind a period cabinet converted into the sort of desk Philip Marlowe would happily put his feet on and Art Deco ornamentations abound, from the beautiful clocks, to the slightly sinister candlesticks.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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With its proximity to the Queensboro Bridge and a Home Depot, Le Domaine, as the building is grandly named, feels a long way from France.—
Emma Allen,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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The palace, looming grandly just behind the stage, was lit up with a dynamic video projection, integrating it into the concert — the first time the historic and deeply symbolic structure had ever been used for a pop show.—
Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Ella Stiller arrives as Patience, Valerie’s social-media guru, Jack O’Brien sweetly plays her new hairdresser, and Andrew Scott, doing the most to eradicate any lingering Hot Priest vibes, plays a wildly unctuous NuNet executive.—
Jennifer Silverman,
Rolling Stone,
29 Mar. 2026
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Redmayne brings a sweetly doltish everyman energy to this increasingly off-kilter affair, with much of the dialogue between him and his co-stars (including Stratton-Twine as the missing woman’s slacker brother) improvised in disarmingly shaggy fashion.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Her part, like that of Alice in Barry’s previous opera, is enlivened by delightfully squeaky high notes in unexpected places.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
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Evenly spread out in a thin layer on a half sheet pan, each piece of rigatoni is cloaked in sauce and melting cheese, yet comes out of the oven perfectly al dente, with delightfully crisp edges.—
Rebecca Firkser,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
22 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The animation features a lot of rotoscoping, and the result is an aesthetic that’s both oddly fluid and charmingly cheap, like some second-rate Ralph Bakshi effort.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2026
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During the first act, McCarthy plants several characters in and around the charmingly outdated hotel where Ohm is staying for the viewer to suspect of wrongdoing later on.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Helpfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helpfully. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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