needful

[ need-fuhl ]
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adjective
  1. necessary or required: needful supplies.

Idioms about needful

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

Origin of needful

1
Middle English word dating back to 1125–75; see origin at need, -ful

Other words from needful

  • need·ful·ly, adverb
  • need·ful·ness, noun
  • un·need·ful, adjective
  • un·need·ful·ly, adverb

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How to use needful in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for needful

needful

/ (ˈniːdfʊl) /


adjective
  1. necessary; needed; required

  2. archaic needy; poverty-stricken

noun
  1. the needful informal money or funds: do you have the needful?

  2. do the needful to perform a necessary task

Derived forms of needful

  • needfully, adverb
  • needfulness, noun

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