helpliness

== English == === Etymology === From helply +‎ -ness. === Noun === helpliness (uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being helply 1825, Edinburgh Dramatic Review - Volumes 3-5: Where she finds her greatness, departing from her, and is made mute equally by a sense of helpliness, and a feeling of pride, her look and attitude conveyed wonderful expression. 1872, The London Journal: And Weekly Record of Literature, Science, and Art: "[...] What is there to prevent me ?" Dwelling on this question, as if weighed down by a sense of ignoble self-helpliness, he fell fast asleep.