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superfluously

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Superfluous  \Su*per"flu*ous\,  a.  [L.  superfluus  overflowing; 
  super  over  above  +  fluere  to  flow.  See  {Super-},  and 
  {Fluent}.] 
  More  than  is  wanted  or  is  sufficient;  rendered  unnecessary  by 
  superabundance;  unnecessary;  useless;  excessive;  as  a 
  superfluous  price.  --Shak. 
 
  An  authority  which  makes  all  further  argument  or 
  illustration  superfluous.  --E.  Everett. 
 
  {Superfluous  interval}  (Mus.),  an  interval  that  exceeds  a 
  major  or  perfect  interval  by  a  semitone. 
 
  Syn:  Unnecessary;  useless;  exuberant;  excessive;  redundant; 
  needless.  --  {Su*per"flu*ous*ly},  adv  -- 
  {Su*per"flu*ous*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  superfluously 
  adv  :  in  a  superfluous  manner;  "superfluously,  he  added  his  silly 
  comments  to  the  discussion"




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