unnecessarily

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   In an unnecessary way

   In an unnecessary way; not by necessity.

   • He unnecessarily repeated much of what others had covered.
   • There be […] lords that can prate As amply and unnecessarily As this Gonzalo;
   • Pray let not any-body unnecessarily be acquainted with this shocking affair;
2. 2

   To an extent beyond what is needed.

   • The food provided was unnecessarily generous, especially for an event meant to raise money for the hungry.
   • In the days of their [the Roman armies’] grandeur, when no enemy appeared capable of opposing them, their heavy armour was laid aside as unnecessarily burdensome, their laborious exercises were neglected as unnecessarily toilsome.
   • His absence was unnecessarily long.

The neighborhood

• antonymnecessarily
• neighborunnecessary
• neighbornecessarily