needier

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needier - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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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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