What is "needfully"

Needful \Need"ful\ (n[=e]d"f[.u]l), a.

1. Full of need; in need or want; needy; distressing. [Archaic]
   --Chaucer.

   The needful time of trouble.
   --Bk. of Com. Prayer.

2. Necessary for supply or relief; requisite.

   All things needful for defense abound.
   --Dryden. [1913 Webster] -- Need"ful*ly, adv. -- Need"ful*ness, n.

adv. In a needful manner.

adv. in an essential manner; "such expenses are necessarily incurred" [syn: necessarily] [ant: unnecessarily]