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Added 8 October 2026

unnecessarily

adverb

adverb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about unnecessarily at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

In an unnecessary manner.
they were unnecessarily rude
Without any necessity.
this marathon would exhaust him unnecessarily

Origin

From unnecessary + -ly or un- + necessarily.

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