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Necessitously

Necessitous \Ne*ces"si*tous\, a. [Cf. F. n['e]cessiteux.]

  1. Very needy or indigent; pressed with poverty.

    Necessitous heirs and penurious parents.
    --Arbuthnot.

  2. Narrow; destitute; pinching; pinched; as, necessitous circumstances. [1913 Webster] -- Ne*ces"si*tous*ly, adv. -- Ne*ces"si*tous*ness, n.

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necessitously

adv. In a necessitous way.