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Definition of unhelpfully adverb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

unhelpfully

adverb

/ʌnˈhelpfəli/

/ʌnˈhelpfəli/

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in a way that is not helpful or useful
- ‘Who was that?’ ‘No idea,’ she replied unhelpfully.
opposite helpfully

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