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needfull

needfull is the archaic spelling of needful.

Meaning of needful

Adjective

needful (comparative more needful, superlative most needful)

  1. Needed; necessary; mandatory; requisite; indispensable.
    • And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforeſaid, That in every Town in the Colony, where Bread is Baken for Sale, there ſhall be Choſen one Clerk of the Market, or more, as each Town ſhall find needful, at their Annual Election of Town Officers, who ſhall duly be Engaged, to the faithful...1719, “An ACT, Stating the due Aſſize of Bread”, in The Charter Granted by His Majeſty, King Charles the Second, to the Colony of Rhode-Iſland, and Providence-plantations in America, John Allen, page...
    Antonyms:
    needless
  2. (archaic) Needy; in need.
    • […] where his active benevolence was ever found in cheerful co-operation for the cause of the humble & needful orphan […]1860, Union Society of Savannah, Minutes of the Union Society, page 114

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Forms of needfull

comparativemore needfull
superlativemost needfull

Questions about needfull

What is needfull the archaic spelling of?
Needfull is the archaic spelling of needful.

Words near needfull in the dictionary

  1. needest
  2. needeth
  3. needfire
  4. needfires
  5. needful
  6. needfull
  7. needfully
  8. needfulness
  9. needfulnesses
  10. needfuls
  11. needham

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