Need·ful a.
1. Full of need; in need or want; needy; distressing. [Archaic]
The needful time of trouble. --Bk. of Com. Prayer.
2. Necessary for supply or relief; requisite.
All things needful for defense abound. --Dryden.
-- Need*ful*ly, adv. -- Need*ful*ness, n.
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needfully
adv : in an essential manner; "such expenses are necessarily
incurred" [syn: necessarily] [ant: unnecessarily]