Needlessly
['ni:dlisli]
Definition
(adv.) without need; 'it would needlessly bring badness into the world'.
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Examples
- I will not task myself beyond my powers, nor will I needlessly seek danger. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Excuse me, said Jane earnestly, I cannot by any means consent to such an arrangement, so needlessly troublesome to your servant. Jane Austen. Emma.
- She considers me a useful machine, answering well the purpose for which it was hired; so would not have me needlessly injured. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I had not wished him to see that the water stood in my eyes, for his was too kind a nature ever to be needlessly shown such signs of sorrow. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- We were all needlessly hurried, all nervously expectant of the morrow. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- These outsiders were barbarians, not to be needlessly thought about; they were barred out now from Greece for ever. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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