Hypertext Webster Gateway: "needlessly"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Needless \Nee"dless\, a.
1. Having no need. [Obs.]

Weeping into the needless stream. --Shak.

2. Not wanted; unnecessary; not requiste; as, needless labor;
needless expenses.

3. Without sufficient cause; groundless; cuseless. ``Needless
jealousy.'' --Shak. -- {Need"less*ly}, adv. --
{Need"less*ness}, n.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

needlessly
adv : without need; "it would needlessly bring badness into the
world"

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