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Neediest vs Reediest - What's the difference?

neediest | reediest |

As adjectives the difference between neediest and reediest

is that neediest is superlative of needy while reediest is superlative of reedy.

neediest

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (needy)

    • needy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • In need, poor.
    • Needy people want to give too, but have few material goods to offer.
  • * 29 February 2012 , Aidan Foster-Carter, BBC News North Korea: The denuclearisation dance resumes [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17213948]
    • Such monitoring has often been a sticking point in the past, amid fears that food aid might be diverted to the Northern elite - or its military - rather than the needy.
  • Desiring constant affirmation, lacking in self confidence
    • "It's emotionally exhausting to be around her because she's so needy ."

    Antonyms

    * ("desiring constant affirmation): confident

    Synonyms

    * ("in need"): See also

    Derived terms

    * neediness

    reediest

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (reedy)

    • reedy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Full of, or edged with, reeds.
  • (of a sound or voice) high and thin in tone.
  • (of a person) tall and thin.

    • Anagrams

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