Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of necessity; for some pressing reason.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb obsolete Of necessity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb obsolete Of
necessity ; for somepressing reason .
Etymologies
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From needs + -ly.
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Examples
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If these hott Frenchemen needsly will haue sporte, they should in kindnesse yet deffraye the charge.
Sir Thomas More Anonymous 1590
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