Superfluously

  • 91superfluous — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ unnecessary, especially through being more than enough. DERIVATIVES superfluity noun (pl. superfluities) superfluously adverb. ORIGIN Latin superfluus, from fluere to flow …

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  • 92superfluous — [sə pʉr′flo͞o əs, so͞opʉr′flo͞o əs] adj. [L superfluus < superfluere, to overflow: see SUPER & FLUCTUATE] 1. being more than is needed, useful, or wanted; surplus; excessive 2. not needed; unnecessary; irrelevant [a superfluous remark] 3. Obs …

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  • 93too — [to͞o] adv. [stressed form of TO1, with differentiated sp.] 1. in addition; as well; besides; also 2. more than enough; superfluously; overly [the hat is too big] 3. to a regrettable extent [that s too bad!] 4. ext …

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  • 94superfluous — adj. more than enough, redundant, needless. Derivatives: superfluously adv. superfluousness n. Etymology: ME f. L superfluus (as SUPER , fluere to flow) …

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  • 95un|nec|es|sar|i|ly — «uhn NEHS uh SEHR uh lee, UHN nehs uh SAIR », adverb. in an unnecessary manner; without necessity; needlessly; superfluously: »to be unnecessarily suspicious, to spend money unnecessarily …

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  • 96ḤEVRAH, ḤAVURAH — (Heb. חֲבוּרָה. חֶבְרָה, Aram. חֶבְרָא), a formal membership association in the framework of the traditional Jewish community, now limited in scope. In Ashkenazi communities, each such society bore the generic appellation kaddisha (קַדִּישָׁא),… …

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