neediest
neediest is the superlative form of needy.
Meaning of needy
Adjective
needy (comparative needier, superlative neediest)
- In need; poor.
- Needy people want to give too, but have few material goods to offer.
- Desiring constant affirmation; lacking self-confidence.
- Near-synonym: clingy
- Synonyms:
- clingy
- Needful; necessary.
- It is the measure of things, and their time (that is, their measure, as to space and time), and yet it is above, and prior to, time: it is full in needy things, and overflows in full things; it is unutterable, innominable: it is above understanding […]1861, Isaak August Dorner, Patrick Fairbairn, History of the development of the doctrine of the person of Christ
Questions about neediest
- What is neediest the superlative form of?
- Neediest is the superlative form of needy.
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