unnecessarily
/ənnˈɛsəsˌɛɹəli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.42 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In an unnecessary way; not by necessity.
adv
To an extent beyond what is needed.
Example Sentences
- "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;"
- "“Wait a moment,” said he, quite unnecessarily, for she could not have stirred;"
- "[…] they made good laws and kept the peace and saved good trees from being unnecessarily cut down,"
- "The food provided was unnecessarily generous, especially for an event meant to raise money for the hungry."
Etymology
From unnecessary + -ly or un- + necessarily.
Inflected Forms
more unnecessarily (comparative)
most unnecessarily (superlative)