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superfluously, adv.|s(j)uːˈpɜːfluːəslɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a superfluous manner or degree.
1. More than sufficiently; in excess of what is proper or necessary; superabundantly.
1502W. Atkynson tr. De Imitatione i. xxv. (1893) 178 They labour moche, & speke but lytell superfluously. 1584Cogan Haven Health ccxi. (1636) 215, I advise all men not to linger the time long in eating and drinking superfluously. 1615W. Lawson Country Housew. Garden (1626) 24 To dresse the roots of trees, to take away the tawes, and tangles, that..grow superfluously and disorderly. 1751Smollett Per. Pic. (1779) I. iv. 29 Her attention to the guests was superfluously hospitable. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xxvi, She was now amply or even superfluously provided with the means of encountering the expenses of the road.
2. In addition to what is needed; hence, without necessity, unnecessarily, needlessly.
1557Recorde Whetst. B 4 b, Not onely superfluousely, but also falsely, should thei bee placed here: seynge thei doe belong to other places of right. 1653H. More Antid. Ath. ii. ix. §6 Discriminative Providence,..doing nothing superfluously or in vain. 1738Warburton Div. Legat. I. i. iv. 40 As making God act unnecessarily and superfluously. 1861Ld. Acton Lett. (1909) 235 Do not superfluously imitate the Cardinal. 1884tr. Lotze's Logic 165 It is difficult..to prove..that Q also has the predicate z which is superfluously added in the definition actually given.
†3. Beyond measure, excessively, inordinately, extravagantly. Obs.
1528More Dyaloge i. Wks. 157/1 Pryde longed superfluously to gete by couetyse and gredynes many folkes lyuynges in his owne handes. 1528Paynell Salerne's Regim. L ij b, The wyne..shulde be alayde with moche water..but nat so superfluously alayde..than as in sommer. 1584Cogan Haven Health clxxvi. (1636) 161 Sea fish is of better nourishment, then fresh water fish..because it is not so superfluously moist. 1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 21/1 Immediatlye therafter the water superfluoselye issueth therout. 1603Ld. Stirling Darius iv. ii, Those gorgeous halles, With fourniture superfluouslie faire. |