Antonyms for superfluous

Grammar : Adj

Spell : soo-pur-floo-uhs

Phonetic Transcription : sʊˈpɜr flu əs

Definition of superfluous

Origin : early 15c. (earlier superflue, late 14c.), from Latin superfluus "unnecessary," literally "overflowing," from superfluere "to overflow," from super "over" (see super-) + fluere "to flow" (see fluent).

adj extra, unnecessary

Example sentences :

Of the significance of the life of this great man, it would be superfluous to speak.
Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

Comments on these letters would be superfluous, as they speak forcibly for themselves.
Extract from : « Ridgeway » by Scian Dubh

That is the civilized fashion; and is superfluous among savages.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

It was just as well—any further word of mine would have been superfluous.
Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith

She was a tall, large woman, well-knit, with no superfluous flesh.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

He, too, was short and square of build, though he had no superfluous flesh.
Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown

Neither he, nor any of his relations, ever had a superfluous sixpence.
Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles

All "A deed that under present circumstances it would be superfluous to name."
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 11, June 11, 1870 » by Various

It was only a kind of safety-valve by which the detective let off his superfluous steam.
Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon

I will not be so superfluous as to exaggerate the difficulty.
Extract from : « Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics » by William Thomas Thornton

Synonyms for superfluous

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