Adverb
needless to say (not comparable)
(idiomatic) Clearly, obviously.
Having won the championship, he is, needless to say, a very happy man.
It is needless to say that women make the most patient as well as the most dangerous pickpockets. Harry Houdini
You know the puritan ethic that started out four centuries ago in this country, needless to say - at least for the moment - a thing of the past - from what I can tell. James Young
It is needless to say how great has been the influence of the doctrine of Evolution, or rather perhaps of the method of investigation to which it has given birth, upon the study of history, especially the history of institutions. Goldwin Smith
I remember those days right after I graduated from college. All I had to do was wake up in the morning and think about writing songs. It's not like that anymore, needless to say. Josh Turner
Stalin will be rehabilitated, needless to say. Vyacheslav Molotov