Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Necessary; advantageous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- obsolete Useful, or usefully.
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- adjective
Necessary ;advantageous . - adjective
Useful . - adverb
Usefully .
Etymologies
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From Middle English *behoofly, equivalent to behoof + -ly.
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Examples
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But the quote is "Sinne is behovely, but alle shalle be wele, and alle shalle be wele, and all maner of thinge shalle be wel."
Decisions and revisions Kat Howard 2009
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But the quote is "Sinne is behovely, but alle shalle be wele, and alle shalle be wele, and all maner of thinge shalle be wel."
Archive 2009-03-01 Kat Howard 2009
fbharjo commented on the word behovely
'fits' or 'just so': from the indo-european root kap- to grasp; behoove is the lengthened grade variant form, - and the old english form behōf has the meaning of use, profit, need, and advantage
August 14, 2011