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Full of need; in need or want; needy; distressing.

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  1. a. Full of need; in need or want; needy; distressing.
  2. a. Necessary for supply or relief; requisite.
  3. adj. necessary for relief or supply
  4. 1. Full of need; in need or want; needy; distressing. [Archaic] Chaucer. 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.
  5. j:100 s necessary for relief or supply