pleonastically


ple·o·nasm

P0372000 (plē′ə-năz′əm)n.1. a. The use of more words than are required to express an idea; redundancy.b. An instance of pleonasm.2. A superfluous word or phrase.
[Late Latin pleonasmus, from Greek pleonasmos, from pleonazein, to be excessive, from pleōn, more; see pelə- in Indo-European roots.]
ple′o·nas′tic (-năs′tĭk) adj.ple′o·nas′ti·cal·ly adv.