'Needlessly' definitions:
Definition of 'needlessly'
(from WordNet)
adverb
Without need; "it would needlessly bring badness into the world"
Definition of 'Needlessly'
From: GCIDE
- Needless \Nee"dless\, a.
- 1. Having no need. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Weeping into the needless stream. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Not wanted; unnecessary; not requisite; as, needless labor; needless expenses. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Without sufficient cause; groundless; causeless. "Needless jealousy." --Shak. [1913 Webster] -- {Need"less*ly}, adv. -- {Need"less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'needlessly'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aimlessly,
- beyond need,
- beyond reason,
- bootlessly,
- fecklessly,
- fruitlessly,
- futilely,
- overplus,
- pointlessly,
- purposelessly,
- redundantly,
- supererogatorily,
- superfluously,
- tautologously,
- to little purpose,
- to no purpose,
- unnecessarily,
- uselessly,
- vainly