needs
in such a manner as could not be otherwise
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,879 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 9,553 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
adverb
- in such a manner as could not be otherwise also: inevitably, necessarily, of necessity it is necessarily sowe must needs by objective
needs in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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For a moderate commission he undertook, if needs be, to recover damages.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Shirts, table-ware, bed-linen, china, etc., must needs be acquired in round numbers.
The Soul of a Child · Edwin Björkman · Chapter 1
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They would all go to Nancy Taylor's house and see to Brown's needs first.
Following the Equator — Part 1 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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Having just designated the place where White-Jacket belonged, it must needs be related how White-Jacket came to belong there.
White Jacket · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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Pale is my face, and in my pale confesses The pain I suffer, since I needs must leave thee.
Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Phillis - Licia · Martha Foote [Editor] Crow · Chapter 1