helpingly

Updated: May 11, 2025

Having filled the barrel which rode on the two wagon wheels, we turned it with some difficulty and started it down the street with the tin pail on top; the man in the shafts leaning back with all his might to offset a certain velocity promoted by the down grade, while the man behind tugged helpingly at the barrel itself.

E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings - The Enormous Room