† unnecessariouslyadv.
Obsolete. rare.
= unnecessarily adv.
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the mind > will > necessity > [adverb] > needlessly or without necessity
unnecessarily1565
unneedfully1603
unnecessarly1609
needlessly1710
unnecessariously1798
1798 D. Rivers Lit. Mem. Living Authors I. 283 The extravagant price at which a Work so unnecessariously sumptuous must be sold.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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adv.1798- sandwichboard man
- sandwichboat
- sandwiched
- sandwicher
- sandwiches
- sandwiching
- sandwichman
- sandwichmans
- sandwichmen
- sandwillow
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- sandworms
- sandwort
- sandwort spurrey
- sandworts
- sandy
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- sandy boorach
- sandy carpet
- sandy hill crane
- sandy laverock
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