They passed into the ancient shipyard which lay beyond, and which was now a mere vague, grass-grown approach to the waterside, bestrewn with a few remnants of supererogatory timber.
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Supererogatory
//suːpəɹɛˈɹɒɡətəɹi//
Synonyms for "supererogatory" (34 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (17)
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1 entriesderived from
2 entriesrelated to
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3 entriesTranslations
11 translations across 8 languages.
Dutch
2 entries- overdadig adj (doing more than is required)
- zonder verplichting adj (doing more than is required)
French
1 entries- surérogatoire adj (doing more than is required)
German
1 entries- übergebührlich adj (doing more than is required)
Greek
2 entries- πέραν του δέοντος adj (doing more than is required)
- περιττός adj (doing more than is required)
Italian
1 entries- supererogatorio adj (doing more than is required)
Latin
1 entries- superērogātōrius adj (doing more than is required)
Portuguese
2 entries- supererrogativo adj (doing more than is required)
- supererrogatório adj (doing more than is required)
Spanish
1 entries- supererogatorio adj (doing more than is required)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
"In now you come," she ordered, "and we make love." That seemed supererogatory to David Jones, who, under the gaze of the painted deer, got in there and did as he was told.
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It is, for example, not clear whether “love thy enemy” is a precept or a supererogatory counsel.
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It [capitalism] increasingly deploys not just bureaucratic repression but an invested, overt, supererogatory sadism.
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