pleonastic
Example Sentences
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The title’s pleonastic fourth word is the giveaway.
From New York Times • May 11, 2022
While Humphrey reeled garrulously from one position to another, Nixon glided over issues with skillfully pleonastic evasions, often taking no stand at all.
From Time Magazine Archive
The king he is just, dealt with as a single sentence, is undoubtedly pleonastic.
From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
The same idea is represented by the pleonastic Eng. messmate, the second part of which, mate, is related to meat.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
My banks, they are furnished,—the most straitest sect,—these are pleonastic expressions.
From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
