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Gratuitously

GRATU'ITOUSLY

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adv.
Freely; voluntarily; without claim or merit; without an equivalent or compensation; as labor or services gratuitously bestowed.
1.
Without proof; as a principle gratuitously assumed.

Definition 2024


gratuitously

gratuitously

English

Adverb

gratuitously (comparative more gratuitously, superlative most gratuitously)

  1. Freely; in the manner of a gift, without being earned.
    • 1854, Henry David Thoreau, Walden, chapter 1
      We should feed and clothe him gratuitously sometimes, and recruit him with our cordials, before we judge of him.
  2. In a manner not demanded by the circumstances, without reason, justification, cause, or proof.

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