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The four soloists — soprano Pretty Yende, mezzo-soprano Sarah Saturnino, tenor SeokJong Baek and bass Nicholas Brownlee — were needfully robust and powerful.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

To the suggestions of Warden Lawes, the conferees listened needfully.

From Time Magazine Archive

So, needfully, Beltane followed, and, stepping into the water found his feet upon a narrow causeway cunningly devised.

From Beltane the Smith by Farnol, Jeffery

When sunrise came he looked needfully about him, anxious to learn whither he had been borne by the unholy brute.

From Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles

That which is pathetic is not needfully wrong.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis