Usually means: Without necessity, excessively, or pointlessly.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word needlessly:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. needlessly: Merriam-Webster
  2. needlessly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. needlessly: Collins English Dictionary
  4. needlessly: Vocabulary.com
  5. Needlessly, needlessly: Wordnik
  6. needlessly: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. needlessly: Wiktionary
  8. needlessly: Dictionary.com
  9. needlessly: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. needlessly: Rhymezone
  11. needlessly: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. needlessly: FreeDictionary.org
  13. needlessly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. needlessly: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. needlessly: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (needlessly)

▸ adverb:  In a needless manner.
▸ adverb:  To a degree or extent beyond what is needed.
▸ adverb:  Without need.

Similar:
unneedfully, unnecessarily, unneededly, uselessly, senselessly, necessitously, unusefully, superfluously, worthlessly, unwantedly, more...

Opposite:
deliberately, intentionally, on purpose

Types:
superfluous, unnecessary, redundant, extraneous, dispensable, more...

Phrases:
needlessly complicated, needlessly complex, needlessly cruel, needlessly harsh, needlessly cruel deems, more...

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Similar:
unneedfully, unnecessarily, unneededly, uselessly, senselessly, necessitously, unusefully, superfluously, worthlessly, unwantedly, more...

Opposite:
deliberately, intentionally, on purpose

Types:
superfluous, unnecessary, redundant, extraneous, dispensable, more...

Phrases:
needlessly complicated, needlessly complex, needlessly cruel, needlessly harsh, needlessly cruel deems, more...

Colors:
    gray,     beige,     taupe,     mauve,     olive, more...



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