What does needlessly mean?
Needlessly means In a needless manner..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
In a needless manner..
He was always needlessly anxious about his dog.
At present that convenience is still needlessly expensive in Great Britain, and a scandalously stupid business conflict between telephone company and post-office delays, complicates, and makes costly and exasperating all trunk communications; but even under these disadvantages the thing is becoming a factor in the life of ordinary villadom.
He worried needlessly about his dog.
Use needlessly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Needlessly means In a needless manner..
Common synonyms include unnecessarily.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He was always needlessly anxious about his dog.
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