FromMiddle Englishbehovely, equivalent tobehoof +‎-ly.

behovely (comparativemorebehovely,superlativemostbehovely)

1. (archaic)Necessary;advantageous.
2. (archaic)Useful.

behovely (comparativemorebehovely,superlativemostbehovely)

1. (archaic)Usefully.

• bihovely,byhovely,behoveliche,behoveli,bihoveli,be-hovely,byhofely,beheflic,bihulik

FromOld Englishbehōflīc,behēflīc.

behovely

1. Of use for thebenefit orgain of somebody or something;beneficial,profitable.
2. Necessary;required.
3. Unable to beavoided;inevitable.
4. Fitting orappropriate to a givencontext.

behovely

1. According to what isfitting oraccepted;properly.

• behovefull
• behoveable
• behovesum

• unbehovely

• English:behovely

• “bihọ̄velī,adj.”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007, retrieved4 April 2018.

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