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English Dictionary: needlessly by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
needlessly
adv
  1. without need; "it would needlessly bring badness into the world"
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.
            [bd]Needless jealousy.[b8] --Shak. -- {Need"less*ly}, adv.
            -- {Need"less*ness}, n.
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