needful
adjective
necessary or required.
needfulness
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a word derived from
needful.
Example Sentences
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No Oxbridge irony here: this is a direct expression of needfulness and vulnerability, deeply embarrassing and pretty wonderful because of it.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2013
But the señor, who already has studied through ten years, will understand the needfulness of this short discipline.
From The Aztec Treasure-House by Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone) Janvier
And Ichi, leering up at him, said, "And now—we have no needfulness of Mr. Blake——" So far he got.
From Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Norman Springer
But his career had established both the needfulness and the position of a Bishop, and his successor was appointed without the same opposition, still to a path perhaps only less thorny because briefer.
From Pioneers and Founders or, Recent Workers in the Mission field by Charlotte Mary Yonge
I know all the arguments for the needfulness of war, and there is not one of them that will hold water.
From The Audacious War by Clarence W. (Clarence Walker) Barron
