needlessly

needlessly
adverb see needless

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • needlessly — adv. Needlessly is used with these adjectives: ↑provocative Needlessly is used with these verbs: ↑kill, ↑suffer, ↑worry …   Collocations dictionary

  • needlessly — needless ► ADJECTIVE ▪ unnecessary; avoidable. ● needless to say Cf. ↑needless to say DERIVATIVES needlessly adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • needlessly — adverb without need (Freq. 1) it would needlessly bring badness into the world • Derived from adjective: ↑needless …   Useful english dictionary

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  • needlessly — See needless. * * * …   Universalium

  • needlessly — Synonyms and related words: aimlessly, beyond need, beyond reason, bootlessly, fecklessly, fruitlessly, futilely, overplus, pointlessly, purposelessly, redundantly, supererogatorily, superfluously, tautologously, to little purpose, to no purpose …   Moby Thesaurus

  • needlessly — nɪːdlɪslɪ adv. unnecessarily, superfluously, without justification …   English contemporary dictionary

  • needlessly — need·less·ly …   English syllables

  • needlessly — See: needless …   English dictionary

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