unnecessarily
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un·nec·es·sar·y
(ŭn-nĕs′ĭ-sĕr′ē)adj.
Not necessary; needless.
un·nec′es·sar′i·ly (-sâr′ə-lē) adv.
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Adv. | 1. | unnecessarily - in an unnecessary manner; "they were unnecessarily rude" necessarily, needfully - in an essential manner; "such expenses are necessarily incurred" |
2. | unnecessarily - without any necessity; "this marathon would exhaust him unnecessarily" |
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Translations
بصورَةٍ غَيْر ضَروريَّه
zbytečně
asjata
óòarflega
po nepotrebnem
gereksiz yere
unnecessarily
[ʌnˈnesɪsərɪlɪ] ADV → innecesariamente, sin necesidadI don't want him to suffer unnecessarily → no quiero que sufra innecesariamente or sin necesidad
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
unnecessarily
[ˌʌnnɛsəˈsɛrɪli] adv [upset, alarm, worry] → inutilement
[difficult, complicated] → inutilement
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
unnecessarily
adv → unnötigerweise; strict, serious → unnötig, übertrieben
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
unnecessarily
[ʌnˈnɛsɪs/ərɪlɪ] adv (worry, suffer) → inutilmente; (large, long, difficult) → eccessivamenteCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
unnecessary
(anˈnesəsəri) adjective1. not necessary. It is unnecessary to waken him yet.
2. that might have been avoided. Your mistake caused a lot of unnecessary work in the office.
unˌnecesˈsarily adverbHe was unnecessarily rude.
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