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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Needy  \Need"y\,  a.  [Compar.  {Needer};  superl.  {Neediest}.] 
  1.  Distressed  by  want  of  the  means  of  living;  very  por; 
  indigent;  necessitous. 
 
  Thou  shalt  open  thy  hand  wide  unto  thy  brother,  to 
  thy  poor,  and  to  thy  needy  in  thy  land.  --Deut.  xv 
  11. 
 
  Spare  the  bluches  of  needly  merit.  --Dr.  T. 
  Dwight. 
 
  2.  Necessary;  requiste.  [Obs.] 
 
  Corn  to  make  your  needy  bread.  --Shak. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  needy 
  adj  :  poor  enough  to  need  help  from  others  [syn:  {destitute},  {impoverished}, 
  {indigent},  {necessitous},  {poverty-stricken}]




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