All 5 Uses of
superfluous
in
Doctor Zhivago
- Only the superfluous is sordid.†
Chpt 1.2 *
- And all this expressed itself in a torrent of words, superfluous, utterly false, murky, profoundly alien to life itself.†
Chpt 2.5
- Masses of superfluous things.†
Chpt 2.6
- Only in the buds that spotted it all over like drops of candle grease there was something not in accord with the rest, something superfluous, some disturbance, perhaps dirt or an inflammation causing them to swell, and the disturbance, superfluity, and dirt were the signs of life, which had already set the most forward of the trees on fire with its green leafy flame.†
Chpt 2.7
- Such a search would have seemed superfluous and vile, a cruel mockery of men so close to death.†
Chpt 2.12
Definition:
more than is needed, desired, or required