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need⋅ful

  [need-fuhl]
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–adjective
1. necessary or required: needful supplies.
2. needy.
—Idiom
3. the needful, Slang. money, esp. immediately available cash: They haven't the needful for a car right now.
Origin:
1125–75; ME; see need, -ful

Related forms:
need⋅ful⋅ly, adverb
need⋅ful⋅ness, noun
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need·ful   (nēd'fəl)   
adj.  Necessary; required. See Synonyms at indispensable.
need'ful·ly adv., need'ful·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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