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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

needy
    adj 1: poor enough to need help from others [syn: destitute,
           impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy,
           poverty-stricken]
    2: demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to
       an excessive degree
    n 1: needy people collectively; "they try to help the needy"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Needy \Need"y\, a. [Compar. Needier; superl. Neediest.]
   1. Distressed by want of the means of living; very poor;
      indigent; necessitous.
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            Thou shalt open thy hand wide unto thy brother, to
            thy poor, and to thy needy in thy land. --Deut. xv.
                                                  11.
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            Spare the blushes of needy merit.     --Dr. T.
                                                  Dwight.
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   2. Necessary; requisite. [Obs.]
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            Corn to make your needy bread.        --Shak.
      [1913 Webster] Neeld

Thesaurus Results for needy:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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