be needful
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Using such serious words so readily not only ensures that no fruitful discussion can follow, it diminishes their value in those rare times where they might be needful.
From Fox News • Mar. 25, 2019
It will be needful to leave about a hundred men here, also in Rossyeni and in Kyedani.
From The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
This will not be needful; he will be within doors very little, unless I mistake the attraction our forests will have for his Nimrod nature.
From Vineta The Phantom City by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
"That would not be needful," returned Klindworth; "we have often heard 'Italia far� da s�,' well, let us leave the Italians to act:" and he rubbed his hands together with a low laugh.
From For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. I (of II) A Romance of the Present Time by Meding, Johann Ferdinand Martin Oskar
"But," said Count Bismarck, "may I beg your majesty immediately to command the military operations, which will be needful as soon as war has been declared."
From For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. I (of II) A Romance of the Present Time by Meding, Johann Ferdinand Martin Oskar
