Her prose is full of needlessly florid, cliched descriptions, securing her career as a romance novelist.
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Needlessly
Synonyms for "needlessly" (27 found)
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Adverb(2 words)
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Adverb(4 words)
supererogatorilysuperfluouslytautologouslyto little purposeto no purposeunnecessarilyuselesslyvainly
Adverb(1 words)
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6 entriesgratuitous harmgratuitous riskneedless complexityneedless expenditureneedless repetitionunnecessary delay
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2 entriesSample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Let's not get Tom's hopes up needlessly.
Source: tatoeba (2007250)
You can needlessly attempt to argue with me all you want; my brain is like a spam filter.
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Why worry needlessly?
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