pleonasm
noun
the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
pleonastically
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a word derived from
pleonasm.
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a word derived from
pleonastic.
pleonasticadjectiverelating to or having the characteristics of pleonasm; needlessly wordy or redundant.
Example Sentences
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This category happens to include a few people inclined to pleonastically write, “Please RSVP.”
From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2014
Even to this rule there are exceptions, and one of these is in the case of a tarn which I shall call, pleonastically, Little Loch Beg.
From Angling Sketches by Andrew Lang
