1.
[syn: necessarily, needfully]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Needful \Need"ful\ (n[=e]d"f[.u]l), a.
1. Full of need; in need or want; needy; distressing.
[Archaic] --Chaucer.
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The needful time of trouble. --Bk. of Com.
Prayer.
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2. Necessary for supply or relief; requisite.
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All things needful for defense abound. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster] -- Need"ful*ly, adv. -- Need"ful*ness,
n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
needfully
adv 1: in an essential manner; "such expenses are necessarily
incurred" [syn: necessarily, needfully] [ant:
unnecessarily]