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needful

[need-fuhl]

need·ful

[need-fuhl]
adjective
1.
necessary or required: needful supplies.
3.
the needful, Slang. money, especially immediately available cash: They haven't the needful for a car right now.

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Needful is always a great word to know.
So is spaz. Does it mean:
a grotesquely awkward person; an eccentric person
unmitigated effrontery or impudence; gall, audacity, or nerve

Origin:
1125–75; Middle English; see need, -ful

need·ful·ly, adverb
need·ful·ness, noun
un·need·ful, adjective
un·need·ful·ly, adverb
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needful (ˈniːdfʊl)
 
adj
1.  necessary; needed; required
2.  archaic needy; poverty-stricken
 
n
3.  informal the needful money or funds: do you have the needful?
4.  do the needful to perform a necessary task
 
'needfully
 
adv
 
'needfulness
 
n

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