Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (2)
1.
in an unnecessary manner;
- Example: "they were unnecessarily rude"2.
without any necessity;
- Example: "this marathon would exhaust him unnecessarily"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Unnecessary \Un*nec"es*sa*ry\, a.
Not necessary; not required under the circumstances; unless;
needless; as, unnecessary labor, care, or rigor. --
Un*nec"es*sa*ri*ly, adv. -- Un*nec"es*sa*ri*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
unnecessarily
adv 1: in an unnecessary manner; "they were unnecessarily rude"
[ant: necessarily, needfully]
2: without any necessity; "this marathon would exhaust him
unnecessarily"