überflüssigerweise

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German

Etymology

überflüssig +‎ -erweise

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Adverb

überflüssigerweise

  1. gratuitously, superfluously
    Synonym: unnötigerweise
    • c. 1914, Franz Kafka, Der Prozess [The Trial], Berlin: Die Schmiede, published 1925:
      „Sie müssen doch bedenken,“ fuhr der Advokat fort, in einem Tone, als erkläre er etwas Selbstverständliches überflüssigerweise und nebenbei, []
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