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redundantly

redundantly

4.6
In a way that repeats information or actions more than needed
  • adverb
  • /rɪˈdʌndəntli/
translation icon : de manera redundante
  • The teacher explained the same concept redundantly to ensure all students understood.

Examples

  • Apparently there's some magic word in that description that makes people unable to think properly (I guess I'm immune since I'm not a native English speaker), so the bogus claim that airspeed == zero has been stated over and over and over ad nauseam, redundantly, again and again.

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  • How much of our precious limited time on this earth has been spent redundantly reading out strings of characters?

  • In the report, she included the same data redundantly in both the introduction and the conclusion.

  • He redundantly repeated his instructions to make sure everyone was clear on what to do next.

Synonyms

repetitively
vsredundantly
3 3.5

Again and again in the same way, often causing boredom or annoyance

is excess that usually involves repeating information, not mere repetition alone
tautologically
vsredundantly
1 9.0

In a way that repeats the same idea without adding new information

is excess often because information is repeated rather than necessary
overabundantly
vsredundantly
6.5

In a way that is more than needed

is excess specifically caused by repeating the same information, not only quantity

Antonyms

succinctly
20 5.5

In a short clear way using few words

concisely
6 4.4

In a clear, short way using few words

How Redundant

needlessly
34 3.9
redundantly
4.6
repetitively
3 3.5

Surface Forms

redundantly positive

Morphology

redundantly = redundant (transparent) = redundant + ly

Standard adverbial formation from the adjective 'redundant' with meaning directly derived as 'in a superfluous or unnecessarily repetitive way'.

Etymology

Redundantly comes from a Latin root undare 'to overflow', the same root as abundant. This gives a simple picture: to speak redundantly is to let words 'overflow'—there is 'more than needed' or the same idea is repeated.