helpableadj.
/ˈhɛlpəb(ə)l/ rare.
Capable of being helped or aided.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [adjective] > aided, helped, or assisted > able to be
relievable1626
succourable1654
helpable1833
1833 J. S. Mill Lett. (1910) I. 48 I believe I am the least helpable of mortals.
1887 E. Gosse in Daily News 10 Mar. 3/3 The first thing to be done was to distinguish the helpable from the unhelpable author.
1891 Charity Organis. Rev. Aug. 334 To use the refuges for helpable cases.
Derivatives
helpaˈbility n. capacity of being helped.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [noun] > ability to be helped
helpability1891
1891 Charity Organis. Rev. Aug. 334 The main question was helpability.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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