needless to say

English

Pronunciation

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Adverb

needless to say (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) Clearly, obviously.

   Having won the championship, he is, needless to say, a very happy man.

   • 1951 September, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 623:

     Some time ago I was on the footplate of an engine fresh from the shops after overhaul, and the combined efforts of driver and fireman were needed to open and close the regulator. Needless to say, the men were not in a very happy frame of mind."

Usage notes

• Also with various other comparable verbs, e.g. "needless to mention", "needless to repeat", "needless to rehearse".

Translations

obviously

Bulgarian: разбира се (razbira se) Chinese: Mandarin: 不言而喻 (zh) (bùyán'éryù), 不待說／不待说 (bùdàishuō) Finnish: sanomattakin selvästi, silminnähden, ilmiselvästi, sanomattakin lienee selvää French: cela va sans dire (fr), inutile de dire que, autant dire que German: selbstredend (de), selbstverständlich (de), ohne Frage, ohne Zweifel, zweifellos (de), überflüssig zu erwähnen, unnötig zu erwähnen Hungarian: mondanom se kell Italian: inutile a dirsi Japanese: 言うまでもない (ja) (いうまでもない, iu made mo nai) Norwegian: selvsagt, selvfølgelig Polish: rzecz jasna f, jasna rzecz f, wiadomo (pl) Russian: само́ собо́й разуме́ется (ru) (samó sobój razuméjetsja) Spanish: holgando decir, teniendo ni que decir, estando de más decir, sin falta de decir, sobreentendidamente, subentendidamente

See also

• go without saying
• not to mention
• suffice to say
• it goes without saying