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needful

adj.
US //ˈnidfəɫ// UK //nˈiːdfəl// need·ful Archaic Slang
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From Middle English needeful, nedeful, from Old English nēodful (“necessary; earnest; zealous”). Equivalent to need + -ful. Cognate with Dutch noodvol, German notvoll.

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