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Webster 1828 Edition
Gratuitously
GRATU'ITOUSLY
,adv.
1.
Without proof; as a principle gratuitously assumed.Definition 2024
gratuitously
gratuitously
English
Adverb
gratuitously (comparative more gratuitously, superlative most gratuitously)
- 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.
- 1854, Henry David Thoreau, Walden, chapter 1
- In a manner not demanded by the circumstances, without reason, justification, cause, or proof.
- 1881, Samuel Tolver Preston, “On Action at a Distance”, Philosophical Magazine 15:38-39
- Secondly, Mr. Browne concludes, apparently rather gratuitously, on page 441 as follows […]
- 1881, Samuel Tolver Preston, “On Action at a Distance”, Philosophical Magazine 15:38-39
Translations
freely; in the manner of a gift
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in a manner not demanded by the circumstances
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