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Idiom

needless to say

Meaning

Clearly, obviously.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“Needless to say, I am very happy with the results.”

“The project was finished ahead of schedule, so needless to say, the manager was impressed.”

“The evidence against the defendant was overwhelming, and needless to say, the jury reached a guilty verdict within only a few hours.”

Examples

simple

“Needless to say, I am very happy with the results.”

contextual

“The project was finished ahead of schedule, so needless to say, the manager was impressed.”

complex

“The evidence against the defendant was overwhelming, and needless to say, the jury reached a guilty verdict within only a few hours.”

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