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needlessly, adv.|ˈniːdlɪslɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a needless or unnecessary manner; without necessity.
1388Purvey Prol. Bible x, Thei sweren custumably, nedelessly, and ofte unavisily and fals. 1628Wither Brit. Rememb. v. 322 They did but needlesly their fictions borrow To set it forth. 1651Hobbes Leviath. iii. xlii. 272 They have needlessely cast away their lives. 1710Berkeley Princ. Hum. Knowl. i. §22, I am afraid..I am needlessly prolix in handling this subject. 1784Cowper Task vi. 563 The man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. 1816J. Wilson City of Plague ii. i. 21 We often..Needlessly wept when they were in their joy. 1859Buckle in Huth Life (1880) II. 6, I do not see why I should needlessly charge myself with inaccuracy. |