needlessly

English

Etymology

From needless +‎ -ly.

Adverb

needlessly (comparative more needlessly, superlative most needlessly)

1. in a needless manner
2. to a degree or extent beyond what is needed

   He was always needlessly anxious about his dog.

3. without need

   He worried needlessly about his dog.

Synonyms

• unnecessarily

Translations

in a needless manner

• Hungarian: szükségtelenül (hu)
• Irish: gan chall, gan fáth
• Portuguese: desnecessariamente
• Russian: напрасно (ru) (naprasno)
• Scottish Gaelic: gun fheum
• Spanish: innecesariamente, desnecesariamente, por gusto (Peru)