See gratuitously in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "in a manner not demanded by the circumstances",
"word": "unbegründeterweise"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "in a manner not demanded by the circumstances",
"word": "überflüssigerweise"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "in a manner not demanded by the circumstances",
"word": "gratuitamente"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "in a manner not demanded by the circumstances",
"word": "bezpodstawnie"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "in a manner not demanded by the circumstances",
"word": "niepotrzebnie"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "neumestno",
"sense": "in a manner not demanded by the circumstances",
"word": "неуместно"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "bespričinno",
"sense": "in a manner not demanded by the circumstances",
"word": "беспричинно"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "in a manner not demanded by the circumstances",
"word": "gratuitamente"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "in a manner not demanded by the circumstances",
"word": "öylesine"
}
],
"word": "gratuitously"
}
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