Defn: Like a needle or needles; as, a needly horn; a needly beard. R.
D. Blackmore.
NEEDLY
Need"ly, adv. Etym: [AS. n. See Need.]
Defn: Necessarily; of necessity. [Obs.] hak.
NEEDMENT
Need"ment, n.
Defn: Something needed or wanted. pl.
Defn: Outfit; necessary luggage. [Archaic] Spenser.
Carrying each his needments. Wordsworth.
NEEDS Needs, adv. Etym: [Orig. gen. of need, used as an adverb. Cf. - wards.]
Defn: Of necessity; necessarily; indispensably; — often with must,
and equivalent to of need.
A man must needs love mauger his head. Chaucer.
And he must needs go through Samaria. John iv. 4.
He would needs know the cause of his reulse. Sir J. Davies.
NEEDSCOST
Needs"cost`, adv.
Defn: Of necessity. [Obs.] Chaucer.