"gratuitously" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ɡɹəˈtjuː.ɪ.təs.li/ [UK], /ɡɹəˈtʃuː.ɪ.təs.li/ [UK], /ɡɹəˈtu.ə.təs.li/ [US], /ɡɹəˈtju.ə.təs.li/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gratuitously.wav Forms: more gratuitously [comparative], most gratuitously [superlative]
Etymology: From gratuitous + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|gratuitous|ly}} gratuitous + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} gratuitously (comparative more gratuitously, superlative most gratuitously)
  1. Freely; in the manner of a gift, without being earned. Translations (freely; in the manner of a gift): gratuïtament (Catalan), vrijelijk (Dutch), ilmaiseksi (Finnish), gratuitement (French), gratuitamente (Galician), umsonst (German), unentgeltlich (German), gratuitamente (Italian), беспла́тно (besplátno) (Russian), да́ром (dárom) (Russian), gratuitamente (Spanish), ödül olarak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-gratuitously-en-adv-RPsUy48h Disambiguation of 'freely; in the manner of a gift': 85 15
  2. In a manner not demanded by the circumstances, without reason, justification, cause, or proof. Translations (in a manner not demanded by the circumstances): gratuïtament (Catalan), zomaar (Dutch), zonder reden (Dutch), ongegrond (Dutch), turhaan (Finnish), tarpeettomasti (Finnish), gratuitement (French), unnötigerweise (German), unbegründeterweise (German), überflüssigerweise (German), gratuitamente (Italian), неуместно (neumestno) (Russian), беспричинно (bespričinno) (Russian), gratuitamente (Spanish), öylesine (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-gratuitously-en-adv-a801Esfa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 36 64 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of 'in a manner not demanded by the circumstances': 15 85
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (bb46d54 and 0c3c9f6). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.