needless to say
needless to say adverb: clearly, obviously.
Adverb
needless to say (not comparable)
- Clearly, obviously.
- Having won the championship, he is, needless to say, a very happy man.
- Some time ago I was on the footplate of an engine fresh from the shops after overhaul, and the combined efforts of driver and fireman were needed to open and close the regulator. Needless to say, the men were not in a very happy frame of mind."1951 September, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 623
needless to say meaning in Bengali and Malayalam
needless to say in Bengali
- পরিষ্কারভাবে, স্পষ্টতই
needless to say in Malayalam
- of course, as one would expect, not unexpectedly
- പറയേണ്ട കാര്യമില്ലാത്ത, അതുപ്രത്യേകിച്ചു പറയേണ്ട കാര്യമില്ല, എന്നുപറയേണ്ടതില്ല, തീർച്ചയായും, അതു വളരെ സ്പഷ്ടമാണ്, പ്രതീക്ഷിച്ചതുപോലെ
Questions about needless to say
- What does needless to say mean?
- Needless to say means clearly, obviously.
- What is needless to say in Bengali?
- Needless to say in Bengali is পরিষ্কারভাবে, স্পষ্টতই. See Needless to say meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is needless to say?
- Needless to say is an adverb.
Words near needless to say in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: needless to say (page history and authors); needless to say (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); needless to say (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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