Unnecessarily

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Unnecessary \Un*nec"es*sa*ry\, a.
     Not necessary; not required under the circumstances; unless;
     needless; as, unnecessary labor, care, or rigor. --
     {Un*nec"es*sa*ri*ly}, adv. -- {Un*nec"es*sa*ri*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  unnecessarily
       adv 1: in an unnecessary manner; "they were unnecessarily rude"
              [ant: {necessarily}]
       2: without any necessity; "this marathon would exhaust him
          unnecessarily"