Unnecessarily

[ʌn'nɛsə,sɛrɪli]

Definition

(adv.) without any necessity; 'this marathon would exhaust him unnecessarily'.

(adv.) in an unnecessary manner; 'they were unnecessarily rude'.

Edited by Christine--From WordNet

Examples

I have given you a serious shock by my unnecessarily dramatic reappearance. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
He would be deeply offended if you entered on it to him unnecessarily. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
I'll tell you something I know about you, my dear,' returned Mrs Lammle in her winning way, 'and that is, you are most unnecessarily shy. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
She was displeased; I thought unreasonably so: I thought her, on a thousand occasions, unnecessarily scrupulous and cautious: I thought her even cold. Jane Austen. Emma.
That is right; I do not wish any one to be frightened unnecessarily, and you will think of neither war nor volcanoes in a few days. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
I immediately answered Lord Worcester, begging him not to irritate his parents unnecessarily. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
I have not mentioned it to my guardian, for I fear it would hurt him unnecessarily; but I may say to you that I was much surprised. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
This attack was unfortunate, and cost us some men unnecessarily. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
His absence was unnecessarily long. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
In this way it is better not to speak of it unnecessarily. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Perhaps Mrs. Bute pulled the string unnecessarily tight. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Special care should be taken by all officers to see that ammunition is not wasted or unnecessarily fired away. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.

Edited by Christine