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German
Etymology
überflüssig + -erweise
Pronunciation
Adverb
überflüssigerweise
- 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, […]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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