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needful

[ need-fuhl ]
/ ˈnid fəl /
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adjective
necessary or required: needful supplies.
needy.
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Idioms about needful

    the needful, Slang. money, especially immediately available cash: They haven't the needful for a car right now.

Origin of needful

Middle English word dating back to 1125–75; see origin at need, -ful

OTHER WORDS FROM needful

need·ful·ly, adverbneed·ful·ness, nounun·need·ful, adjectiveun·need·ful·ly, adverb

Words nearby needful

nedocromil sodium, née, need, needed, needfire, needful, Needham, neediness, needle, needle bath, needle bearing
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Words related to needful

capital, cardinal, chief, constitutive, crucial, foremost, fundamental, imperative, indispensable, leading, main, necessary, necessitous, needed, prerequisite, principal, required, requisite, wanted, right-hand

How to use needful in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for needful

needful
/ (ˈniːdfʊl) /
adjective
necessary; needed; required
archaic needy; poverty-stricken
noun
the needful informal money or fundsdo you have the needful?
do the needful to perform a necessary task

Derived forms of needful

needfully, adverbneedfulness, noun
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