unnecessarily
From LSJ
Εὐφήμει, ὦ ἄνθρωπε· ἁσμενέστατα μέντοι αὐτὸ ἀπέφυγον, ὥσπερ λυττῶντά τινα καὶ ἄγριον δεσπότην ἀποδράς → Hush, man, most gladly have I escaped this thing you talk of, as if I had run away from a raging and savage beast of a master
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adverb
there being no need: use P. and V. οὐδὲν δέον.
uselessly: P. and V. μάτην; see in vain, under vain.
excessively: P. and V. περισσῶς; see excessively.
