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A Writer's Dictionary:

pleonastically Definition


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pleonasm
noun
    1. The use of more words than are needed to express something.
    2. A superfluous word or words.
Derivative: pleonastic
adj
    Derivative: pleonastically
    adverb
      Etymology: 16c: from Greek pleonasmos superfluity.



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