extraneously

In superfluous fashion

Extraneously means in a way that comes from outside or is not essential to the matter at hand.

Something added extraneously doesn't belong to the core subject: The report was padded with extraneously gathered statistics.

The word suggests irrelevance or unnecessary addition—details that could be removed without loss.

irrelevant

tangentially

In a loosely related way

immaterially · inconsequentially · unrelated · disconnectedly · incidentally · digressive · parenthetically · secondarily · marginally · extrinsically

superfluous

unnecessarily

Without good reason

needlessly · gratuitously · surplus · wastefully · overabundantly · unwarrantedly · unjustifiably · uncalled-for · inordinately · overly

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relevance

extraneouslyrelevantly

In a pertinent manner

pertinently · applicably · pointedly · materially · apropos

centrality

extraneouslyintrinsically

By its very nature

centrally · inherently · integrally · fundamentally · necessarily

necessity

extraneouslyessentially

At its core nature

basically · indispensably · fundamentally · centrally · necessarily

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extraneous, extraneousness

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