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Antonyms for superfluity


Grammar : Noun
Spell : soo-per-floo-i-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˌsu pərˈflu ɪ ti



Definition of superfluity

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French superfluite (12c.), from Medieval Latin superfluitas, from superfluus (see superfluous).
  • noun surplus
  • noun overabundance
Example sentences :
  • The vacuity and the superfluity are thus partially compensated by each other.
  • Extract from : « Cratylus » by Plato
  • His tales are overladen with detail and superfluity of minute description.
  • Extract from : « Maxim Gorki » by Hans Ostwald
  • The superfluity had become a necessity, and Knight was in love.
  • Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy
  • Marius found himself not in the least embarrassed by his superfluity of parents.
  • Extract from : « Nicanor - Teller of Tales » by C. Bryson Taylor
  • There was always a superfluity of gall in the diarist's ink.
  • Extract from : « John Quincy Adams » by John. T. Morse
  • Then, like the sun, let bounty spread her ray, And shine that superfluity away.
  • Extract from : « Essay on Man » by Alexander Pope
  • There was no ornament, no upholstery, no superfluity at all.
  • Extract from : « Appearances » by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson
  • Publishers and editors would not then have a superfluity of matter.
  • Extract from : « The Writer, Volume VI, April 1892. » by Various
  • Never had wine reddened his lips, and bread had seemed to him a superfluity.
  • Extract from : « Mauprat » by George Sand
  • A signature would to me and to all in the secret have been a superfluity.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. » by Sir Leslie Stephen

Synonyms for superfluity

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