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needful
[ need-fuhl ]
needful
/ ˈniːdfʊl /
adjective
- necessary; needed; required
- archaic.needy; poverty-stricken
noun
- the needful informal.money or funds
do you have the needful?
- do the needfulto perform a necessary task
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Derived Forms
- ˈneedfulness, noun
- ˈneedfully, adverb
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Other Words From
- needful·ly adverb
- needful·ness noun
- un·needful adjective
- un·needful·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Idioms and Phrases
- the needful, Slang. money, especially immediately available cash:
They haven't the needful for a car right now.
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Example Sentences
He became irritable, distressed, and anxious—struggled hard to get the needful sum together, struggled and strove; but failed.
It is needful to have the time fixed, and the law therefore has established a reasonable time.
There are many cases like this in which one's common sense fails to furnish a correct, yet needful guide.
The period of infancy is fixed by law, and is therefore a conventional, yet needful regulation.
Rise early enough to have ample time for arranging everything needful for the day's journey.
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