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English Dictionary: needy	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for needy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
needy adj poor enough to need help from others [syn: destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken] demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree n needy people collectively; "they try to help the needy"
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.