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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈniː.dəl.i/, /ˈniːd.li/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-needly2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: needlier [comparative], more needly [comparative], needliest [superlative], most needly [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *-tlom Proto-Indo-European *(s)néh₁tlom Proto-Germanic *nēþlą Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Germanic *-ō Proto-Germanic *nēþlō Proto-West Germanic *nāþlu Old English nǣdl Middle English nedle English needle Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English needly From needle + -y. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|needle|-y<id:adjectival>|id=needlelike|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *-tlom Proto-Indo-European *(s)néh₁tlom Proto-Germanic *nēþlą Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Germanic *-ō Proto-Germanic *nēþlō Proto-West Germanic *nāþlu Old English nǣdl Middle English nedle English needle Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English needly [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang" : "gem-pro" }, { "id" : "noun", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "o-grade", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ō", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*nēþlō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*nāþlu", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "nǣdl", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "nedle", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "needle", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "id" : "adjectival", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectives", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-kos", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-gaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-g", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-iġ", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-y", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-y", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "needly", "lang" : "en" }" data-id="needlelike" data-lang="en" data-title="needly" id="English:_needlelike"> From needle + -y., {{ety|en|:af|needle|-y<id:adjectival>|id=needlelike|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *-tlom Proto-Indo-European *(s)néh₁tlom Proto-Germanic *nēþlą Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Germanic *-ō Proto-Germanic *nēþlō Proto-West Germanic *nāþlu Old English nǣdl Middle English nedle English needle Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English needly From needle + -y. Head templates: {{en-adj|er,more}} needly (comparative needlier or more needly, superlative needliest or most needly)
  1. (informal) Like a needle or needles. Tags: informal Synonyms: acicular
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˈniːd.li/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-needly1.wav [Southern-England] Forms: needlier [comparative], more needly [comparative], needliest [superlative], most needly [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English needely, neodliche, from Old English nēodlīċe (“eagerly, earnestly, carefully, zealously, diligently, sedulously; greatly”); equivalent to need (“desire”) + -ly. Cognate with Old Saxon niudlīko (“zealously, carefully”), German niedlich (“desirable, appealing, lovely, cute”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|needely}} Middle English needely, {{inh|en|ang|nēodlīċe||eagerly, earnestly, carefully, zealously, diligently, sedulously; greatly}} Old English nēodlīċe (“eagerly, earnestly, carefully, zealously, diligently, sedulously; greatly”), {{suffix|en|need|ly|t1=desire}} need (“desire”) + -ly, {{cog|osx|niudlīko||zealously, carefully}} Old Saxon niudlīko (“zealously, carefully”), {{cog|de|niedlich||desirable, appealing, lovely, cute}} German niedlich (“desirable, appealing, lovely, cute”) Head templates: {{en-adv|er,more}} needly (comparative needlier or more needly, superlative needliest or most needly)
  1. (archaic) Zealously; carefully; earnestly. Tags: archaic
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˈniːd.li/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-needly1.wav [Southern-England] Forms: needlier [comparative], more needly [comparative], needliest [superlative], most needly [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *neh₂w-der. Proto-Germanic *naudiz Proto-West Germanic *naudi Old English nīed Middle English nede Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English nedely English needly Inherited from Middle English nedely. By surface analysis, need (“necessity, need”) + -ly (adverbial suffix). Compare Middle Dutch nodelike, Middle Low German nōtliken, Middle High German nōtliche. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:inh|enm:nedely<id:necessarily>|:af<surf>|need<id:noun><t:necessity, need>|-ly<id:adverbial><pos:adverbial suffix>|id=necessarily|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *neh₂w-der. Proto-Germanic *naudiz Proto-West Germanic *naudi Old English nīed Middle English nede Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English nedely English needly [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*neh₂w-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*naudiz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*naudi", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "nīed", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "nede", "lang" : "enm" }, { "id" : "adverbial", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "like", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*leyg-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*līką", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-līkaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ê", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-līkê", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-līkē", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" }, { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "status" : { "1" : "gem-pro", "2" : ":der", "3" : "*līką", "id" : "-like" }, "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-līkaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-līk", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-līċ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" }, { "id" : "adverbial", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-ā", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ê", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-e", "lang" : "ang" } ], "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "afeq", "is_invisible" : "all" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-līċe", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ly", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "nedely", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" }, { "terms" : [ { "id" : "noun", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "id" : "need", "status" : { "1" : "enm", "2" : ":inh", "3" : "ang:nīed", "id" : "need" }, "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "nede", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "need", "gloss" : "necessity, need", "lang" : "en" }, { "id" : "adverbial", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "id" : "adverbial", "status" : { "1" : "enm", "2" : ":inh", "3" : "ang:-līċe", "id" : "adverbial" }, "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ly", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ly", "lang" : "en", "pos" : "adverbial suffix" } ], "keyword_label" : "By surface analysis,", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix", "is_invisible" : "tree" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "needly", "lang" : "en" }" data-id="necessarily" data-lang="en" data-title="needly" id="English:_necessarily"> Inherited from Middle English nedely. By surface analysis, need (“necessity, need”) + -ly (adverbial suffix)., {{cog|dum|nodelike}} Middle Dutch nodelike, {{cog|gml|nōtliken}} Middle Low German nōtliken, {{cog|gmh|nōtliche}} Middle High German nōtliche, {{ety|en|:inh|enm:nedely<id:necessarily>|:af<surf>|need<id:noun><t:necessity, need>|-ly<id:adverbial><pos:adverbial suffix>|id=necessarily|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *neh₂w-der. Proto-Germanic *naudiz Proto-West Germanic *naudi Old English nīed Middle English nede Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English nedely English needly Inherited from Middle English nedely. By surface analysis, need (“necessity, need”) + -ly (adverbial suffix). Head templates: {{en-adv|er,more}} needly (comparative needlier or more needly, superlative needliest or most needly)
  1. (archaic) Necessarily; of necessity. Tags: archaic
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  2. (archaic) Urgently. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-needly-en-adv-r69MEpUl Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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    ],
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nēþlō"
    ],
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    ],
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    ],
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    {
      "form": "needlier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "more needly",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "needliest",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "most needly",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        "English terms with quotations",
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      ],
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              2,
              8
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          ],
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              0,
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈniː.dəl.i/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈniːd.li/"
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    {
      "word": "acicular"
    }
  ],
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}

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