Usually means: Obviously implied, no explanation needed.
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  1. needless to say: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. needless to say: Merriam-Webster
  3. needless to say: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. needless to say: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. needless to say: Wiktionary

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  1. needless to say: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. needless to say: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (needless to say)

▸ adverb:  (idiomatic) Clearly, obviously.

Similar:
plainly, clearly, obv., obviously, obvs, of course, manifestly, obvi, apertly, apparently, more...

Opposite:
necessary to say, essential to say, important to say

Adjectives:
manifest, obvi, open-and-shut, apparent, obvious, frank, patent, broad, self-explanatory, plain, evident

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Similar:
plainly, clearly, obv., obviously, obvs, of course, manifestly, obvi, apertly, apparently, more...

Opposite:
necessary to say, essential to say, important to say

Adjectives:
manifest, obvi, open-and-shut, apparent, obvious, frank, patent, broad, self-explanatory, plain, evident



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