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unˈnecessarily, adv.
[un-1 11.]
Without necessity; needlessly.
1594Hooker Eccl. Pol. ii. iv. §2, I hope wee shall not seeme altogether vnnecessarily to doubt of the soundnesse of their opinion. 1610Shakes. Temp. ii. i. 260 There be..Lords, that can prate As amply, and vnnecessarily As this Gonzallo. 1691T. H[ale] Acc. New Invent. 94 Excess of thickness is not only unnecessarily paid for, but it makes the Sheet worse. 1712Spect. No. 283 ⁋6 Sums which they have spent unnecessarily. 1786Cowper Let. Wks. 1837 XV. 184 Again I remind you, though perhaps unnecessarily, of the two volumes. 1833T. Hook Parson's Dau. i. viii, You..unnecessarily agitate yourself. 1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. I. 312/2 Such furniture is unnecessarily heavy and clumsy. |