needful
adjective
necessary or required.
needfulness
-
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
Still, however, such an analogy conveys the best general conception of what he has done; and serves most clearly to indicate its needfulness.
From Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I by Herbert Spencer
And without they have wrinkles and folding in length: of whom the substance is hard for needfulness of moving, opening, and closing.
From Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus by Robert Steele
O Will, thou change of every need, MY needfulness!
From Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
