needwise en · ADV
Etymology
From need + -wise.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) By or because of necessity; according to need; by need.
Needwise, I avoided love. I kept my mind on a short lead and my heart yet closer in; had I cared enough to look I doubt I would have recognized either of them.
2009, Kay Redfield Jamison, Nothing was the same: a memoir: