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needful

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need·ful  (ndfl)
adj.
Necessary; required. See Synonyms at indispensable.
needful·ly adv.
needful·ness n.
needful [ˈniːdfʊl]
adj
1. necessary; needed; required
2. Archaic needy; poverty-stricken
n
1. Informal money or funds do you have the needful?
do the needful to perform a necessary task
needfully  adv
needfulness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.needful - necessary for relief or supply; "provided them with all things needful"
needed, required, requisite
necessary - absolutely essential
needful
adjective necessary, needed, required, essential, vital, imperative, indispensable, stipulated, requisite I will do whatever is needful to obtain the release of my friends.
Translations
needful [ˈniːdfʊl]
A. ADJ → necesario
B. N the needful → el cumquibus
needful
adj (old) → notwendig, nötig (for, to für, zu)
n (inf: = what is necessary) to do the needful → das Nötige tun
needful [ˈniːdfʊl] adj (old) → necessario/a
needful [ˈniːdfʊl] adj (old) → necessario/a


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These are the steps which I think it needful to take at present.
No Name by Collins, Wilkie View in context
So it came about that at the council at Malo-Yaroslavets, when the generals pretending to confer together expressed various opinions, all mouths were closed by the opinion uttered by the simple-minded soldier Mouton who, speaking last, said what they all felt: that the one thing needful was to get away as quickly as possible; and no one, not even Napoleon, could say anything against that truth which they all recognized.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
I question not but that these are partly the reasons why affection was placed by nature in the hearts of mothers to their children; without which they would never be able to give themselves up, as 'tis necessary they should, to the care and waking pains needful to the support of their children.
The Fortunes & Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders by Defoe, Daniel View in context
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