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Definition of Superfluously
1. Adverb. In a superfluous manner. "Superfluously, he added his silly comments to the discussion"
Definition of Superfluously
1. Adverb. In a superfluous manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Superfluously
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Superfluously
Literary usage of Superfluously
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Law Dictionary Containing Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American by Henry Campbell Black (1910)
"Out of abundance; abundantly ; superfluously ; more than sufficient Calvin.
EX ABUNDANTI CAUTELA. bit. Out of abundant caution. "The practice has arisen ..."
2. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel, Johann Gottfried Flügel (1861)
"... abundantly, in abundance, superfluously, plentifully; —aile, <i(fr. fully, in
fall, full price; ..."
3. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel (1874)
"... full-eared (of corn); —auf, ariu. plenty- abundantly, in abundance, superfluously
plentifully; —allí, add. fully, in full, ful price; ..."
4. Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier by Walter Scott (1894)
"... I will say no more unless you ask my sincere and unprejudiced advice, which
you shall command, but which I will not press on you superfluously. ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1833)
"Even where these names are not superfluous, or superfluously long, or superfluously
learned, they are superfluously varied ; and to make the variety depend ..."
6. Rotuli scaccarii regum scotorum: The Exchequer rolls of Scotland by Scotland Court of Exchequer, John Stuart, George Burnett, George Powell McNeill (1903)
"4a- Fermes of lands of Star, superfluously charged, 13s. 4d. ... Fermes of quarter
of Ardet, similarly superfluously charged, 26s. 8d. ..."
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