Antonyms for superfluity

Grammar : Noun

Spell : soo-per-floo-i-tee

Phonetic Transcription : ˌsu pərˈflu ɪ ti

Definition of superfluity

Origin : late 14c., from Old French superfluite (12c.), from Medieval Latin superfluitas, from superfluus (see superfluous).

noun surplus
noun overabundance

Example sentences :

The vacuity and the superfluity are thus partially compensated by each other.
Extract from : « Cratylus » by Plato

His tales are overladen with detail and superfluity of minute description.
Extract from : « Maxim Gorki » by Hans Ostwald

The superfluity had become a necessity, and Knight was in love.
Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy

Marius found himself not in the least embarrassed by his superfluity of parents.
Extract from : « Nicanor - Teller of Tales » by C. Bryson Taylor

There was always a superfluity of gall in the diarist's ink.
Extract from : « John Quincy Adams » by John. T. Morse

Then, like the sun, let bounty spread her ray, And shine that superfluity away.
Extract from : « Essay on Man » by Alexander Pope

There was no ornament, no upholstery, no superfluity at all.
Extract from : « Appearances » by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson

Publishers and editors would not then have a superfluity of matter.
Extract from : « The Writer, Volume VI, April 1892. » by Various

Never had wine reddened his lips, and bread had seemed to him a superfluity.
Extract from : « Mauprat » by George Sand

A signature would to me and to all in the secret have been a superfluity.
Extract from : « The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. » by Sir Leslie Stephen

Synonyms for superfluity

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