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- Dictionaryneed·ful/ˈnēdfəl/
adjective
- 1. necessary; requisite: formal "a further word was needful"
- 2. needy: dated "she gave her money away to needful people"
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noun. 1. : something needed or requisite. 2. : money. Synonyms. Adjective. all-important. critical. essential. imperative. indispensable. integral. must-have. necessary. necessitous. needed.
needful. adjective. formaluk/ˈniːd.fəl/us/ˈniːd.fəl/ Add to word listAdd to word list. necessary: We must not put them in more danger than is needful. needing something: They are needful of affection. do the needful. UKold-fashioned or Indian English. to do what is necessary in a situation: Notify your bank and they will do the needful. See more.
adjective. formal us / ˈniːd.f ə l / uk / ˈniːd.f ə l / Add to word list. necessary: We must not put them in more danger than is needful. needing something: They are needful of affection. do the needful. UK old-fashioned or Indian English. to do what is necessary in a situation: Notify your bank and they will do the needful. See more.
Needful definition: necessary or required. See examples of NEEDFUL used in a sentence.
adj. 1. necessary; needed; required. 2. archaic needy; poverty-stricken. n. 3. the needful informal money or funds: do you have the needful?. 4. do the needful to perform a necessary task. ˈneedfully adv. ˈneedfulness n.
4 meanings: 1. necessary; needed; required 2. archaic needy; poverty-stricken 3. → See the needful 4. → See do the needful.... Click for more definitions.
Definitions of needful. adjective. necessary for relief or supply. “provided them with all things needful ”. synonyms: needed, required, requisite. necessary. absolutely essential.
needful (of something) needing something. She gave all her money away to needful people. needful of something She thought we were needful of advice. See needful in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
needful. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English need‧ful /ˈniːdfəl/ adjective old use necessary needful expenditure Examples from the Corpus needful • It was not spoken of but drawn upon when it was needful. • The proposed discount will go only a certain way towards doing what is needful.
(formal) necessary; requisite a further word was needful Examples The roads are also needful for safe delivery of agricultural inputs to the small-scale farmers themselves. South African This is a kind of cultural fostering in which the role of parents is reduced to agents providing the money to buy in what is needful for a rich and complete ...
