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Needily

Needily \Need"i*ly\ (n[=e]d"[i^]*l[y^]), adv. [From Needy.] In a needy condition or manner; necessarily.
--Chaucer.

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needily

adv. In a needy manner.

Usage examples of "needily".

It was good to hold Nayra, and her mouth tasted like the tideflowers and sucked needily at her own.

But with Laure extending her arms so needily, he had no choice but to scoop the warm, slack bundle up into his hands.

He sucked in fresh air as needily as a disoriented infant taking its first independent breath.

He grasped her there, gently, holding her still as he rocked needily against her.

But the women whose company I have oft sought require sustenance just as needily as any do, and that is what I have paid for.