superfluously
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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I’ve noticed some inserting the word “right” superfluously into conversation.
From New York Times ● May 25, 2024
Evans would have drawn an assist had Kailer Yamamoto not superfluously tapped the puck over the line when it was already headed into the net.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 3, 2023
Real estate consultant David Greensfelder pointed to the double-decker trolley that runs through the Grove as an example of the sort of signature investment that others might decry as superfluously expensive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2022
Rio also confirmed, almost superfluously, the greatness of Usain Bolt, giving him a trio of gold medals to match his triples in Beijing and London.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 23, 2016
You give a penny to the crab,—the man who superfluously holds the boat while you get in,—and are at home after a brief dream of smooth motion under a starry sky.
From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Julia Ward Howe
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