Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

needfully

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
need-ful-ly
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a needful manner; necessarily.

Etymology

From Middle English nedefully; equivalent to needful + -ly.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more needfully (comparative) most needfully (superlative)

Synonyms

necessarily

Questions

What does needfully mean?
In a needful manner; necessarily.
Where does needfully come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce needfully

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