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needier

Needy \Need"y\, a. [Compar. {Needier}; superl. {Neediest}.]
1. Distressed by want of the means of living; very poor;
indigent; necessitous.
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Thou shalt open thy hand wide unto thy brother, to
thy poor, and to thy needy in thy land. --Deut. xv.
11.
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Spare the blushes of needy merit. --Dr. T.
Dwight.
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2. Necessary; requisite. [Obs.]
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Corn to make your needy bread. --Shak.
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needier
See {needy}

needy
adj : poor enough to need help from others [syn: {destitute}, {impoverished},
{indigent}, {necessitous}, {poverty-stricken}]
[also: {neediest}, {needier}]