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gratuitious

gratuitious is the misspelling of gratuitous.

Meaning of gratuitous

Adjective

gratuitous (comparative more gratuitous, superlative most gratuitous)

  1. Given freely; unearned.
    • Also mentioned is the Rev. T. Stock, who has a tablet in St John's church [Gloucester] and "who with Raikes established the four original Sunday schools in this parish ... in 1780. From this small beginning sprung that gratuitous system of Christian instruction which has covered the face of England...2023 January 11, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: castles and cathedrals”, in RAIL, number 974, page 56
  2. Unjustified or unnecessary; not called for by the circumstances.
    • gratuitous violence
    Synonyms:
    uncalled-for
  3. extraneous, interpolated.

Questions about gratuitious

What is gratuitious the misspelling of?
Gratuitious is the misspelling of gratuitous.

Words near gratuitious in the dictionary

  1. grattoirs
  2. Gratton
  3. Grattons
  4. gratuital
  5. gratuities
  6. gratuitious
  7. gratuitous
  8. gratuitously
  9. gratuitousness
  10. gratuity
  11. gratulant

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