Category:Needful

Need"ful, a.

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.