Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Necessarily; of necessity.
  • In a needy manner; in want or poverty.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a needy condition or manner; necessarily.

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  • adverb In a needy manner.

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Examples

  • So although there was not a lot of sleep to be had – if one child slept, the other was determined to remain loudly, needily awake, for the entire duration of our stay – there was respite, and that respite was sweet.

    The Sound Of A Mental Health Break | Her Bad Mother 2008

  • I love my dead as fiercely and needily as I ever loved them when they were alive, but without hope.

    Yatima » 2010 » April 2010

  • I love my dead as fiercely and needily as I ever loved them when they were alive, but without hope.

    the dark horse 2010

  • I'm not an assassination buff, so by the time we are delving into the motives and whereabouts of suspects 7 and 8, I'm needily eyeing one of the many cappuccino places we pass on the way to our final destination, Lafayette Square.

    Reenactors turn history into theater across D.C. area 2010

  • What will I do when there are no more little arms stretching out to me, needily wanting “UP”?

    Flight | Her Bad Mother 2007

  • So although there was not a lot of sleep to be had - if one child slept, the other was determined to remain loudly, needily awake, for the entire duration of our stay - there was respite, and that respite was sweet.

    The Sound Of A Mental Health Break 2008

  • So although there was not a lot of sleep to be had - if one child slept, the other was determined to remain loudly, needily awake, for the entire duration of our stay - there was respite, and that respite was sweet.

    Archive 2008-06-29 2008

  • What will I do when there are no more little arms stretching out to me, needily wanting "UP"?

    Flight 2007

  • HARRIS: A kettle full of cash for needily families.

    CNN Transcript Dec 13, 2007 2007

  • I scoop her up and carry her through to my bedroom, where we sit on my scarlet bed and I hug her needily, in silence, nose buried in blonde corkscrew curls, while Mr Frog starts unpacking his holdall.

    wolf 2006

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