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Definition of Needly
1. a. Like a needle or needles; as, a needly horn; a needly beard.
2. adv. Necessarily; of necessity.
Definition of Needly
1. Adverb. (archaic) Zealously; carefully; earnestly. ¹
2. Adverb. (archaic) Necessarily; of necessity. ¹
3. Adverb. (archaic) Urgently. ¹
4. Adjective. Like a needle or needles. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Needly
1. like needles [adj NEEDLIER, NEEDLIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Needly
Literary usage of Needly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"needly, adv. Necessarily. Or il" sour woe delights in fellowship, ... Bat soldiers
since I needly must to ..."
2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"... me needly for to do a thing, — needly clepe I simple necessity — Or elles if
free choice be granted me To do that same thing, or do it nought, ..."
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