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1Needful — Need ful (n[=e]d f[.u]l), a. 1. Full of need; in need or want; needy; distressing. [Archaic] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] The needful time of trouble. Bk. of Com. Prayer. [1913 Webster] 2. Necessary for supply or relief; requisite. [1913 Webster] All… …
2needful — needfully, adv. needfulness, n. /need feuhl/, adj. 1. necessary or required: needful supplies. 2. needy. n. 3. the needful, Slang. money, esp. immediately available cash: They haven t the needful for a car right now. [1125 75; ME; se …
3needful — needful, necessary, requisite, indispensable, essential are comparable when meaning urgently required. Needful carries the weakest suggestion of urgency, but it applies to something that is required to supply a want or to fulfill a need {forts,… …
4necessary — nec•es•sar•y [[t]ˈnɛs əˌsɛr i[/t]] adj. n. pl. sar•ies 1) essential, indispensable, or requisite: a necessary part of the motor[/ex] 2) cvb happening or existing by necessity; unavoidable: a necessary change in our plans[/ex] 3) acting or… …
5necessary — necessariness, n. /nes euh ser ee/, adj., n., pl. necessaries. adj. 1. being essential, indispensable, or requisite: a necessary part of the motor. 2. happening or existing by necessity: a necessary change in our plans. 3. acting or proceeding… …
6needful — [[t]ni͟ːdfʊl[/t]] ADJ GRADED Needful means necessary. [OLD FASHIONED] The section of society most needful of such guidance is the young male. ...stoppages for needful rest and recreation. Syn: required …
7necessary — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Essential] Syn. essential, requisite, expedient, needful, indispensable, needed, required, urgent, wanted, imperative, prerequisite, exigent, pressing, vital, cardinal, fundamental, significant, momentous, compulsory,… …
8necessary — adj. & n. adj. 1 requiring to be done, achieved, etc.; requisite, essential (it is necessary to work; lacks the necessary documents). 2 determined, existing, or happening by natural laws, predestination, etc., not by free will; inevitable (a… …
9needful — adjective Needed, necessary, mandatory. So I went to keep house with him at the Why Not? and my aunt sent down my bag of clothes, and would have made over to Elzevir the pittance that my father left for my keep, but he said it was not needful,… …
10needful — adj. 1 requisite; necessary; indispensable. 2 (prec. by the) a what is necessary. b colloq. money or action needed for a purpose. Derivatives: needfully adv. needfulness n …
