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needlessly

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need·less  (ndls)
adj.
Not needed or wished for; unnecessary.

needless·ly adv.
needless·ness n.
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Adv.1.needlessly - without need; "it would needlessly bring badness into the world"
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needlessly [ˈniːdlɪslɪ] advinnecesariamente, inútilmente
needlessly [ˈniːdlɪslɪ] advinutilement
needlessly [ˈniːdlɪslɪ] need advunnötig
needlessly [ˈniːdlɪslɪ] advinutilmente


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Against staying longer, however, Elizabeth was positively resolved-- nor did she much expect it would be asked; and fearful, on the contrary, as being considered as intruding themselves needlessly long, she urged Jane to borrow Mr.
There is no going back; and, as bad luck would have it, our civilization, which has done so much for the comfort and adornment of our bodies and the elevation of our minds, has made lawful killing frightfully and needlessly expensive.
Across the paper was scrawled in pencil, without capital letters, misspelled, and without punctuation: "Unsoundly constructed because resembles an imitation of the French military code and from the Articles of War needlessly deviating.
 
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