All 4 Uses of
superfluous
in
Moby Dick
- On his long, gaunt body, he carried no spare flesh, no superfluous beard, his chin having a soft, economical nap to it, like the worn nap of his broad-brimmed hat.†
Chpt 16-18
- In the first place, it may be deemed almost superfluous to establish the fact, that among people at large, the business of whaling is not accounted on a level with what are called the liberal professions.†
Chpt 22-24
- Only some thirty arid summers had he seen; those summers had dried up all his physical superfluousness.†
Chpt 25-27 *
- If I say, that in any creature breathing is only a function indispensable to vitality, inasmuch as it withdraws from the air a certain element, which being subsequently brought into contact with the blood imparts to the blood its vivifying principle, I do not think I shall err; though I may possibly use some superfluous scientific words.†
Chpt 85-87
Definition:
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(superfluous) more than is needed, desired, or required