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needily

needily

6.0
In a way that shows someone has little money or support
  • adverb
  • /ˈniːdɪli/
: necesitado
  • He looked needily at the food on the table, hoping someone would offer him a plate.

Examples

  • He spoke needily about his financial struggles.

  • She asked for help needily, her voice trembling with worry about her situation.

  • The child clung needily to her mother after the frightening experience.

  • Stop asking needily for help!

  • He looked needily at the food on the table, hoping someone would offer him a plate.

  • She asked for help needily, her voice trembling with worry about her situation.

  • The child clung needily to her mother after the frightening experience.

Antonyms

independently
109 2.9

Without help from other people

How Needy

desperately
324 3.6
needily
6.0
poorly
243 1.4
adequately
80 3.0
comfortably
12 2.9

Surface Forms

needily positive

Morphology

needily = needy (transparent) = need + y + ly

Standard adverb formation from the adjective 'needy' using -ly; meaning is a manner related to being needy.

Etymology

Needily comes from the common word need ('lack' or 'want') and the ending -ly that turns it into a word about how something is done. Picture someone with little money or support who asks for help and looks worried — they act needily because they show they do not have enough. So, needily means acting in a way that shows need for money, care, or support.