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Meanings of almost superfluous in English

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Usage of almost superfluous in English
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It was almost superfluous for him to promise his own ready co-operation.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 23: 1576
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It would be almost superfluous to say, that these were not neglected.
The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Volume 01
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The ogress was obviously skilled in hand-fighting, but the skill was almost superfluous.
Crown of Slaves
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The beacons, however, served their purpose so satisfactorily that the tracks were almost superfluous.
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition...
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Sharpshooters covered the entire area, but were almost superfluous while her three spiderguns were deployed.
Jupiter War
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His acts of that kind had been so slight that the request was almost superfluous.
The Mayor of Casterbridge
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So much has been written upon this subject that it is almost superfluous to add more.
The Letters of the Younger Pliny, First Series — Volume 1
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Olive Jervaise's reply furnished an almost superfluous corroboration.
The Jervaise Comedy
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It is almost superfluous to say that Mr. Hope-Scott never exceeded the legitimate bounds of forensic debate.
Memoirs of James Robert Hope-Scott, Volume 2
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After this it is almost superfluous for us to be assured that the sage never got drunk.
A Guide to Stoicism
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It seemed almost superfluous to hit him.
And the deep blue sea
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His biographical history is so popularly known, that it is almost superfluous to record it in this brief introduction.
Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke
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It is almost superfluous to say that we swore friendship with the colonel on the spot, on those foundations.
Russian Rambles
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The question is almost superfluous.
Great Fortunes from Railroads
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A gun is here almost superfluous; for with the muzzle I pushed a hawk off the branch of a tree.
The Voyage of the Beagle
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But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1
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