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needly

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
11
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈniːd.li/
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/ˈniːd.li/ · /ˈniː.dəl.i/

Definition of needly

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. (archaic)Zealously; carefully; earnestly.
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adv

  1. (archaic)Zealously; carefully; earnestly.
  2. (archaic)Necessarily; of necessity.
    “Or if sower woe delights in fellowship, And needly will be rankt with other griefes”
  3. (archaic)Urgently.

adj

  1. (informal)Like a needle or needles.
    “a needly horn”
    “needly beard”

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Etymology

From Middle English needely, neodliche, from Old English nēodlīċe (“eagerly, earnestly, carefully, zealously, diligently, sedulously; greatly”); equivalent to need (“desire”) + -ly. Cognate with Old Saxon niudlīko (“zealously, carefully”), German niedlich (“desirable, appealing, lovely, cute”).

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