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单词 needily
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needilyadv.

Brit. /ˈniːdᵻli/, U.S. /ˈnidᵻli/
Forms: Middle English nediliche, 1500s needilie, 1500s needylie, 1500s–1600s 1800s– needily.
Origin: Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: needy adj., -ly suffix2, needly adv.2
Etymology: Perhaps < needy adj. + -ly suffix2, or perhaps originally a variant of needly adv.2 (compare forms s.v.) with raising of the medial vowel in trisyllabic forms.
Now rare.
1. Necessarily; of necessity. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > necessity > [adverb]
needeOE
of (also for, on) needeOE
needseOE
needlingc1225
needs cost?a1300
needlingsc1300
needlya1350
of necessityc1390
needfullya1398
necessarily?a1400
needgatesa1400
needingsa1400
needwaysa1400
needslyc1425
perforcec1425
needilyc1475
needwayc1480
of (or on) force?1507
need-forcea1525
requisitely1565
of very force1587
necessitously1637
necessitively1647
par force1819
imperatively1833
necessitatedly1864
of perforce1897
c1475 tr. Henri de Mondeville Surgery (Wellcome) f. 161 (MED) Summe woundis ben in þe commissuris of þe brayn panne or nyȝ honde, and summe ben fer fro hem in þe whiche a man muste nediliche worche after þe diuersite of hem.
1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune ii. cxx. 324 Which both the shortnesse of lyfe, and swyftnesse of tyme,..needily constrayneth to be so.
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 506/2 It followeth, that needilie great inconuenience must fall to that people, that a child is ruler and gouernour of.
2. In a needy fashion.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > poverty > [adverb]
poorlyc1330
soberlya1387
alowc1400
beggarlyc1400
penuriously1616
needily1642
necessitously1776
1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 42 If I should make my selfe so poore, as to sollicite needily any such kinde of rich hopes as this Fortuneteller dreams of.
1869 H. Greeley Recoll. Busy Life 445 Going needily into the market to barter brains for bread.
1989 S. Tapscott Another Body ii. 14 To see his fingers..coiled around something of value to him: some sweet plump grub he has caught, something one must look for needily to find.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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