supererogatory
Example Sentences
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Acts of charity are, by definition, supererogatory — commendably above and beyond what moral duty requires.
From New York Times
But for most of us, who have a body of knowledge to talk about and some stories to tell, slideware is supererogatory.
From Forbes
He’s an ineffective, chronically ruminative man who thinks of himself as a “supererogatory weirdo.”
From Washington Post
No conditions seem so propitious for a practical confederation as those of Spanish America; with a few exceptions, the virtual unity of language, laws, general race-ideals, would seem to render protection of frontiers supererogatory.
From Project Gutenberg
For one so often finds that acts specially showing delicacy and considerateness, little supererogatory works of kindness, are taken unkindly.
From Project Gutenberg
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
