needly
9.9
Required and cannot be avoided
- adjective
- Archaic
:
necesario
- For survival in harsh conditions, warmth is a needly requirement.
Examples
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In the midst of chaos, their needly presence gave her a sense of comfort.
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The needly details in the ancient manuscripts revealed much about their authors.
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At second glance, she could see behind them the needly throne of volcanic rock rising over a thousand feet above an otherwise flat desert floor.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
necessary
vsneedly
∞
1.0
Needed and cannot be avoided
is used in older or literary style rather than neutral modern speech
requisite
vsneedly
28
6.2
Needed for a particular purpose
is broader, meaning unavoidable overall and often archaic
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5.3
Required by law, rule, or authority
is about unavoidable need in archaic style, not legal enforcement
5
8.6
Required for a particular purpose
is the same idea but specifically archaic or literary in use
needed
vsneedly
1.0
Required for a particular purpose or to make something possible
is more literary and implies unavoidable necessity rather than simple requirement
1.4
Something a rule, law, or official says you must have
is less about official demand and more about old literary inevitability
Antonyms
How Necessary
Surface Forms
needly positive
Morphology
Etymology
Needly comes from the simple word need, which means 'necessary' or 'to require'. So needly once meant something you must do or cannot avoid, which is why it now means 'required' or 'unavoidable'.