needlessly

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
needlessly
    adv 1: without need; "it would needlessly bring badness into the
           world"
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Needless \Nee"dless\, a.
   1. Having no need. [Obs.]
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            Weeping into the needless stream.     --Shak.
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   2. Not wanted; unnecessary; not requisite; as, needless
      labor; needless expenses.
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   3. Without sufficient cause; groundless; causeless. "Needless
      jealousy." --Shak.
      [1913 Webster] -- {Need"less*ly}, adv. --
      {Need"less*ness}, n.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "needlessly":
      aimlessly, beyond need, beyond reason, bootlessly, fecklessly,
      fruitlessly, futilely, overplus, pointlessly, purposelessly,
      redundantly, supererogatorily, superfluously, tautologously,
      to little purpose, to no purpose, unnecessarily, uselessly,
      vainly
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