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Unnecessarily

adv

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In an unnecessary way; not by necessity.

    "He unnecessarily repeated much of what others had covered."

  2. 2
    To an extent beyond what is needed.

    "The food provided was unnecessarily generous, especially for an event meant to raise money for the hungry."

Adverb
  1. 1
    without any necessity wordnet
  2. 2
    in an unnecessary manner wordnet

Etymology

From unnecessary + -ly or un- + necessarily.

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