Meanings
comparative more unneededly · superlative most unneededly
- rareIn an unneeded manner; not neededly.
Adoption of such a tax reform would only increase the long run excess burden unneededly.
1988, Finances Publiques, volume 43, H.J. Paris, page 1792 more examples
"We could have just stayed back home and not had to worry with it." Philip pointed out unneededly.
2013, Jennifer Kane, Death on the Beach, Lulu.com, →ISBN[…] no tables this time, and I'm typing that unneededly to help memory because that way of doing it came to mind, interesting, but I don't want to ruin quickly established flow too much.
2017, O. H. Owhens, Bipolar Words Word Madness Healing Words, Lulu.com, →ISBNSynonyms: needlessly, unnecessarily
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbIn an unneeded manner; not neededly.
Origin
From un- + neededly or unneeded + -ly.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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