Needy
['niːdɪ] or ['nidi]
Definition
(noun.) needy people collectively; 'they try to help the needy'.
(adj.) demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree .
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Definition
(superl.) Distressed by want of the means of living; very por; indigent; necessitous.
(superl.) Necessary; requiste.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Indigent, destitute, poor, NECESSITOUS.
Editor: Terence
Examples
- But here again needy Germany led her richer neighbours. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This is quite as much why they make him presents, as because they know him to be needy. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- This Rokesmith is a needy young man that I take for my Secretary out of the open street. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- As I was saying, you're a needy chap that I pick up in the street. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- They take needy people's services as their due. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- There were few poor, and few needy. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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