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Definition 2024

needless_to_say

needless to say

English

Adverb

needless to say

(idiomatic) Clearly, obviously (because it is visually obvious).

Reporter: So how does it feel to have won the Grand Slam?

Guy jumping around on a tennis pitch: Woo hoo!!! I've won!!! Yeah baby!!! Yeehaw!!! Come on!!!

Reporter: He is, needless to say, a very happy man.

Translations

obviously

Chinese:
Mandarin: 不言而喻 (zh) ‎(bù yán ér yù), 不待說, 不待说 ‎(bùdài shuō)
Finnish: sanomatta kin selvästi, silminnähden, ilmiselvästi
French: cela va sans dire (fr)
German: selbstredend (de), selbstverständlich (de)

Japanese: 言うまでもない (ja) ‎(いうまでもない, iu made mo nai)
Norwegian: selvsagt, selvfølgelig
Russian: само́ собо́й разуме́ется (ru) ‎(samó sobój razuméjetsja)
Spanish: huelga decir

See also

not to mention