necessary; important; required
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Needful Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Necessary for supply or relief; requisite.
Necessary for supply or relief; requisite.
(a.)
Full of need; in need or want; needy; distressing.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutFull of need; in need or want; needy; distressing.
needful
\need"ful\ (?), a.
1. full of need; in need or want; needy; distressing. [archaic] the needful time of trouble. of com. prayer.
2. necessary for supply or relief; requisite. all things needful for defense abound. -- need"ful*ly , adv. -- need"ful*ness , n.
needful
adj : necessary for relief or supply; "provided them with all things needful" [syn: needed, required, requisite]
Cyfraid = n. competency, needful possession
Rhaid = n. need necessity, a. needful, necessity
Rheidiol = a. necessary, needful
Rheidioli = v. to render needful
Adjective
1. necessary for relief or supply; "provided them with all things needful"
(synonym) needed, required, requisite
(similar) necessary
Needful Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
"Do the needful" is an archaic expression which means "do that which is necessary", with the respectful implication that the other party is trusted to understand what needs doing without being given detailed instruction.
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