needily
In clingy fashion
In a manner showing excessive need for attention, approval, or emotional support.
The adverb describes behavior that reveals insecurity or dependence: She texted him needily throughout the day, He needily sought reassurance from his colleagues.
The word carries a mildly critical tone, suggesting the behavior is tiresome or unattractive.
Tending to hold on
- insecureLacking self-assurance
- dependentRequiring outside support
- desperateDriven by urgent need
- anxiousTroubled by uncertainty
pleading · yearning · craving · longing · whiny · vulnerable · grasping · demanding
Extremely lacking in money
- destituteUtterly without means
- scarcelyAlmost not
- desperatelyWith urgent intensity
- urgentlyWith pressing immediacy
hungrily · dependently · insufficiently · scantily · meagerly · sparingly · penuriously
clingy
Tending to hold on
anxious · pleading · yearning · craving · longing · whiny · vulnerable · grasping · demanding · possessive
impoverished
Extremely lacking in money
- destituteUtterly without means
- scarcelyAlmost not
- desperatelyWith urgent intensity
urgently · hungrily · dependently · insufficiently · scantily · meagerly · sparingly · penuriously
needilywealthily
With great financial means
affluently · comfortably · prosperously · richly · abundantly
needilyindependently
Without outside assistance
self-sufficiently · securely · confidently · self-assuredly · autonomously