needful
necessary or required: needful supplies.
Idioms about needful
the needful, Slang. money, especially immediately available cash: They haven't the needful for a car right now.
Origin of needful
1Other words from needful
- need·ful·ly, adverb
- need·ful·ness, noun
- un·need·ful, adjective
- un·need·ful·ly, adverb
Words Nearby needful
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How to use needful in a sentence
He became irritable, distressed, and anxious—struggled hard to get the needful sum together, struggled and strove; but failed.
It is needful to have the time fixed, and the law therefore has established a reasonable time.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesThere are many cases like this in which one's common sense fails to furnish a correct, yet needful guide.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesThe period of infancy is fixed by law, and is therefore a conventional, yet needful regulation.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesRise early enough to have ample time for arranging everything needful for the day's journey.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness | Florence Hartley
British Dictionary definitions for needful
/ (ˈniːdfʊl) /
necessary; needed; required
archaic needy; poverty-stricken
the needful informal money or funds: do you have the needful?
do the needful to perform a necessary task
Derived forms of needful
- needfully, adverb
- needfulness, noun
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