All 4 Uses of
superfluous
in
All the King's Men
- The remark was superfluous.†
Chpt 1 *
- She had gone down with the body, trailing the sun-glittering, expensive hearse in an undertaker's limousine with a nurse, who proved to be superfluous, and Katy Maynard, an old friend who proved, no doubt, to be superfluous, too.†
Chpt 10
- She had gone down with the body, trailing the sun-glittering, expensive hearse in an undertaker's limousine with a nurse, who proved to be superfluous, and Katy Maynard, an old friend who proved, no doubt, to be superfluous, too.†
Chpt 10
- Katy Maynard and the nurse weren't superfluous any more.†
Chpt 10
Definition:
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(superfluous) more than is needed, desired, or required