needlessly
/ˈniːdləsli/ adverb C1- In a needless manner.
- To a degree or extent beyond what is needed. · He was always needlessly anxious about his dog.
- Without need. · He worried needlessly about his dog.
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Against staying longer, however, Elizabeth was positively resolved--nor did she much expect it would be asked; and fearful, on the contrary, of being considered as intruding themselves needlessly long, she urged Jane to borrow Mr.
“Well, conceal me somewhere; you can say you were needlessly alarmed; you can turn their suspicions and save my life!”
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