Meaning of NEEDFUL
| Pronunciation: | | 'needful
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[adj] necessary for relief or supply; "provided them with all things needful" |
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NEEDFUL is a 7 letter word that starts with N. |
| | Synonyms: | | necessary, needed, required, requisite |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Need"ful\, a.
1. Full of need; in need or want; needy; distressing.
[Archaic] --Chaucer.
The needful time of trouble. --Bk. of Com.
Prayer.
2. Necessary for supply or relief; requisite.
All things needful for defense abound. --Dryden.
-- {Need"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Need"ful*ness}, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | called for, cardinal, essential, fundamental, imperative, indicated, indispensable, irreducible, irreductible, irreplaceable, mazuma, moolah, necessary, needed, ooftish, pelf, prerequisite, required, requisite, rhino, rocks, scratch, shekels, smash, unforgoable, vital, wanted |
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