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Definition: Unnecessarily |
UnnecessarilyAdverb1. In an unnecessary manner; "dust kills; if we make dust unnecessarily, we are killers". 2. Without any necessity; "this marathon would exhaust him unnecessarily". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "unnecessarily" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
| Antonym: necessarily (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Unnecessarily |
| English words defined with "unnecessarily": ambagious ♦ carping, caviling, circumlocutious, circumlocutory, complexify ♦ drag on, drag out ♦ fret, fuss ♦ mumbo jumbo ♦ niggle, nitpicking ♦ overcautious ♦ parsimoniousness, parsimony, penny-pinching, periphrastic, personal foul, pettifogging ♦ quibbling ♦ thrift. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "unnecessarily": lost level ♦ Tooth-picks. (references) |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Such regulations must be reasonable and uniform and must not impede traffic unnecessarily. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | They may touch other people excessively or repeat actions obsessively and unnecessarily. (references) | |
Because cosmetic result is related to the amount of tissue excised, unnecessarily wide margins (> 2 cm) should be avoided. (references) | ||
Economic History | Moldova | Bureaucratic procedures are not always transparent and red tape often makes processing unnecessarily long. (references) |
Georgia | Investors complain that the large number of business licenses currently required is unnecessarily burdensome. (references) | |
Indonesia | It is not clear whether the central government will act to rein in those taxes that are unnecessarily burdensome. (references) | |
Political Economy | JAPAN | Japan unnecessarily restricts imports through outright bans on many products without sufficient scientific evidence that entry of the product presents a legitimate threat to local agriculture. (references) |
Trade | Taiwan | This system of repetitive testing is costly and unnecessarily burdensome. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Unnecessarily" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 99.79% of the time. "Unnecessarily" is used about 470 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 99.79% | 469 | 12,605 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.21% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 470 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "unnecessarily": complicate matters unnecessarily. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "unnecessarily"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | komplikoj punë pa nevojë (complicate matters unnecessarily). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ненужно, излишно. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 多余地 (Needlessly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zbyteènì vìci komplikovat (complicate matters unnecessarily). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | turhanpäiten (for no reason), turhaan (in vain, to no purpose), tarpeettoman, suotta (in vain, to no purpose). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | unnötigerweise (needlessly), unnötig (gratuitous, gratuitously, needless, non essential, uncalled for, unjustifiably, unnecessary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | περιττώσ, ανώφελα (in vain, uselessly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | tanpa guna. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 猥りに (arbitrarily, indiscriminately, recklessly, without authority, without reason), 濫りに (arbitrarily, indiscriminately, recklessly, without authority, without reason), 妄りに (arbitrarily, indiscriminately, recklessly, without authority, without reason). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | み りに (arbitrarily, indiscriminately, recklessly, without authority, without reason). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 불필"하게 (superfluously). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ecessarilyunnay необязательно. (various references) nepotrebno (need: no need, needlessly), nenužno, izlišno, beskorisno. (various references) onödigt (needless, needlessly), i onödan. (various references) gereksizce (needlessly, superfluously), gereksiz yere (gratis), boşuna (empty, for nothing, frantic, gainless, in vain, needless, no dice, no go, no good, of no avail, otiose, to no avail, to no end, unavailing, useless, vainly), boşu boşuna. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Unnecessarily" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: unecessarily, unneccesarily, unneccessarily, unneceserily. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "unnecessarily" (pronounced unne"suse'rulē) |
| 5 | -e' r u l ē | arbitrarily. |
| 4 | -r u l ē | angrily, centrally, cerebrally, customarily, eerily, extraordinarily, florally, hungrily, merrily, militarily, momentarily, morally, necessarily, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, preliminarily, primarily, satisfactorily, secondarily, severally, statutorily, summarily, temporarily, voluntarily, warily, wearily. |
| 3 | -u l ē | abnormally, abysmally, accidentally, actually, additionally, agriculturally, anecdotally, anencephaly, annually, anomaly, architecturally, artfully, artificially, beneficially, bilaterally, blissfully, bodily, botanically, broccoli, brutally, busily, carefully, casually, cheerfully, chronically, Cicely, circumstantially, civilly, clinically, clumsily, coincidentally, comically, commercially, conceptually, conditionally, confidentially, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continentally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, conventionally, cordially, crazily, criminally, critically, culturally, cynically, delightfully, developmentally, diagonally, diametrically, digitally, dismally, diurnally, dorsally, dreadfully, dutifully, easily, editorially, educationally, electrically, electronically, emotionally, empirically, environmentally, equally, essentially, eternally, ethically, eventually, exceptionally, experimentally, exponentially, externally, facsimile, factually, faithfully, family, fanatically, fatally, federally, finally, financially, fiscally, fitfully, forcefully, formally, fractionally, frantically, frightfully, frugally, functionally, fundamentally, gainfully, generally, generationally, geographically, giggly, gleefully, globally, gloomily, governmentally, gracefully, gradually, gratefully, gravelly, gravitationally, greedily, habitually, handily, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, helpfully, hermetically, historically, homily, hopefully, horizontally, icily, illegally, impartially, incidentally, incrementally, individually, industrially, informally, initially, institutionally, intellectually, intentionally, internally, internationally, intrinsically, involuntarily, irrationally, jauntily, journalistically, joyfully, judicially, lawfully, lazily, legally, liberally, literally, locally, loyally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, manfully, manually, marginally, masterfully, materially, mathematically, meaningfully, medicinally, mentally, mercifully, methodically, metrically, mightily, mineralogically, minimally, monetarily, monopoly, monumentally, mortally, multifamily, multilaterally, municipally, mutually, nasally, nationally, nattily, naturally, noisily, nominally, normally, novelly, nutritionally, occasionally, officially, oligopoly, operationally, optimistically, originally, painfully, parenthetically, partially, pathetically, peacefully, perennially, periodically, peripherally, perpetually, personally, phenomenally, philosophically, physically, pitifully, playfully, politically, potentially, pragmatically, preferentially, presidentially, procedurally, professionally, proportionally, provincially, provisionally, purposefully, quintessentially, racially, radially, rationally, readily, regally, regionally, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, ritualistically, romantically, royally, ruefully, sardonically, scantily, scientifically, seasonally, semiannually, sequentially, serenely, sexually, skeptically, skillfully, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, speedily, spiritually, statistically, steadily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, subliminally, substantially, subtly, successfully, supremely, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactfully, tactically, tangentially, tastefully, tearfully, technically, technologically, temperamentally, temporally, terminally, territorially, testily, thankfully, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, thoughtfully, totally, traditionally, Tripoli, truthfully, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uncritically, uneasily, unequivocally, unhappily, unilaterally, unintentionally, universally, unlawfully, unnaturally, unofficially, unsuccessfully, unusually, usefully, usually, virtually, viscerally, visually, vitally, vocally, wiggly, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, wittily, wobbly, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-i-l-n-n-r-s-s-u-y" | |
-2 letters: necessarily, unnecessary. | |
-3 letters: insecurely, insurances, licensures, secularise, urinalyses. | |
-4 letters: alienness, anserines, canneries, causeries, ceruleans, cleanness, cleansers, clearness, cruelness, curliness, earliness, increases, insurance, larcenies, licensers, licensure, narceines, necessary, nucleases, nuisances, reliances, saliences, scrannels, silencers, sincerely, sinecures, sunscreen, synclines, uncleaner. | |
-5 letters: alieners, aneurins, anserine, anureses, anuresis, arcsines, arsenics, auricles, careless, carlines, casernes, causerie, cayennes, censures, cerulean. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 6E 65 63 65 73 73 61 72 69 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. -. . -.-. . ... ... .- .-. .. .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01101110 01100101 01100011 01100101 01110011 01110011 01100001 01110010 01101001 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n n e c e s s a r i l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 006E 0065 0063 0065 0073 0073 0061 0072 0069 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)55808071697185856784757891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Quotations: Historic 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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