What does unnecessarily mean?
Unnecessarily means In an unnecessary way; not by necessity..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
In an unnecessary way; not by necessity..
He unnecessarily repeated much of what others had covered.
There be […] lords that can prate As amply and unnecessarily As this Gonzalo;
Pray let not any-body unnecessarily be acquainted with this shocking affair;
“Wait a moment,” said he, quite unnecessarily, for she could not have stirred;
[…] they made good laws and kept the peace and saved good trees from being unnecessarily cut down,
The food provided was unnecessarily generous, especially for an event meant to raise money for the hungry.
In the days of their [the Roman armies’] grandeur, when no enemy appeared capable of opposing them, their heavy armour was laid aside as unnecessarily burdensome, their laborious exercises were neglected as unnecessarily toilsome.
His absence was unnecessarily long.
Use unnecessarily when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Unnecessarily means In an unnecessary way; not by necessity..
Common synonyms include needlessly, pointlessly, uselessly, for no reason.
Possible antonyms include necessarily, needfully.
He unnecessarily repeated much of what others had covered.
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