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need·ful
(nēd′fəl)adj.
1. Necessary; required: needful repairs.
2. Being in need of something: "The mother ... is attracted, distracted, needful of the outside world just when the child requires her to be focused, steady, home" (Anne Roiphe).
n.
(used with a pl. verb) Needy people considered as a group: programs that provided jobs for the needful.
need′ful·ly adv.
need′ful·ness n.
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needful
(ˈniːdfʊl)adj
1. necessary; needed; required
2. archaic needy; poverty-stricken
n
3. the needful informal money or funds: do you have the needful?.
4. do the needful to perform a necessary task
ˈneedfully adv
ˈneedfulness n
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need•ful
(ˈnid fəl)adj.
1. necessary or required: needful supplies.
2. needy.
[1200–50]
need′ful•ly, adv.
need′ful•ness, n.
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Adj. | 1. | needful - necessary for relief or supply; "provided them with all things needful" necessary - absolutely essential |
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needful
adjective necessary, needed, required, essential, vital, imperative, indispensable, stipulated, requisite I will do whatever is needful to obtain the release of my friends.
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needful
adjectiveIncapable of being dispensed with:
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[ˈniːdfʊl] adj (old) → necessario/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995