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Very needy or indigent; pressed with poverty.

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  1. a. Very needy or indigent; pressed with poverty.
  2. a. Narrow; destitute; pinching; pinched; as, necessitous circumstances.
  3. adj. poor enough to need help from others
  4. 1. Very needy or indigent; pressed with poverty. Necessitous heirs and penurious parents. Arbuthnot. 2. Narrow; destitute; pinching; pinched; as, necessitous circumstances. -- Ne*ces"si*tous*ly, adv. -- Ne*ces"si*tous*ness, n.
  5. s poor enough to need help from others