† superfluli, adv. Obs. rare.
[f. superflue a. + -ly2.]
Superfluously.
c 1383 Concl. Loll. in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1911) Oct. 744/2 It is not leful to swere fals neiþir trewe superfluli oþir in veyn. 1388 Wyclif Ps. xxx. 7 [xxxi. 6] Thou hatist hem that kepen vanytees superfluli. 1395 Purvey Remonstr. (1851) 83 To charge cristene men nedelesli or superfluli with nouelries vnherd, not groundid in holy scripture. |