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Definition of Superfluously

Superfluously
Superfluous Su*per"flu*ous, a. [L. superfluus overflowing; super over, above + fluere to flow. See Super-, and Fluent.] More than is wanted or is sufficient; rendered unnecessary by superabundance; unnecessary; useless; excessive; as, a superfluous price. --Shak. An authority which makes all further argument or illustration superfluous. --E. Everett. Superfluous interval (Mus.), an interval that exceeds a major or perfect interval by a semitone. Syn: Unnecessary; useless; exuberant; excessive; redundant; needless. -- Su*per"flu*ous*ly, adv. -- Su*per"flu*ous*ness, n.

Meaning of Superfluously from wikipedia

- Look up superfluous in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Superfluous means unnecessary or excessive. It may also refer to: Superfluous precision, the use...
- The superfluous man (Russian: лишний человек, líshniy chelovék, "extra person") is an 1840s and 1850s Russian literary concept derived from the Byronic...
- The Diary of a Superfluous Man (Russian: Дневник лишнего человека, Dnevník líshnego chelovéka) is an 1850 novella by the Russian author Ivan Turgenev...
- "giant" and μανία mania, "madness") is the production of unusually and superfluously large works. Gigantomania is in varying degrees a feature of the political...
- subcultures and becoming more mainstream, JNCOs were known for featuring superfluously large back pockets with graffiti-like inspired artwork embroidery that...
- Significant figures, also referred to as significant digits or sig figs, are specific digits within a number written in positional notation that carry...
- nicknames such as Lost In Stupid Parentheses, or Lots of Irritating Superfluous Parentheses. However, the S-expression syntax is also responsible for...
- Copernican system "... expertly and completely cir****vents all that is superfluous or discordant in the system of Ptolemy. On no point does it offend the...
- nomen conservandum for "conserved name", and nomen superfluum for "superfluous name"), the definition of each term is in English rather than Latin....
- Practice, p.89-90. Thurgate & Sons. Digitized Aug 16, 2007. Archaic: superfluous or extreme sharp sixth. Benward & Saker (2003), p.92. Paul, Oscar (1885)...