needful — ozdic

Collocations

5

ADJ.

daily, humble

VERB + NEEDFUL

doing

NEEDFUL + NOUN

orphan, relaxation

PREP.

into

ADV.

steadily

Definitions

adj

1

Needed; necessary; mandatory; requisite; indispensable.

And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforeſaid, That in every Town in the Colony, where Bread is Baken for Sale, there ſhall be Choſen one Clerk of the Market, or more, as each Town ſhall find needful, at their Annual Election of Town Officers, who ſhall duly be Engaged, to the faithful performance of ſaid Office, as other Town Officers are ;[…]

So I went to keep house with him at the Why Not? and my aunt sent down my bag of clothes, and would have made over to Elzevir the pittance that my father left for my keep, but he said it was not needful, and he would have none of it.

2

Needy; in need.

[…] where his active benevolence was ever found in cheerful co-operation for the cause of the humble & needful orphan […]

noun

1

Anything necessary or requisite.

I think better of you for looking steadily to the needful.

2

Ready money; wherewithal.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — necessary for relief or supply

needed
required
requisite

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

do the needful

To do what is necessary or required.

My father had, generally speaking, his temper under complete self command, and his anger rarely indicated itself by words, except in a sort of dry testy manner to those who had dis

Example Bank

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And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforeſaid, That in every Town in the Colony, where Bread is Baken for Sale, there ſhall be Choſen one Clerk of the Market, or more, as each Town ſhall find n

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02

So I went to keep house with him at the Why Not? and my aunt sent down my bag of clothes, and would have made over to Elzevir the pittance that my father left for my keep, but he said it was not needf

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03

[…] where his active benevolence was ever found in cheerful co-operation for the cause of the humble & needful orphan […]

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04

I think better of you for looking steadily to the needful.

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05

To tear away from his dream world and, doing the daily needful, to step into reality was for Tom increasingly painful.

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06

Please do the needful.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, needful is marked as archaic, slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.