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gratuitously

/ɡɹəˈtjuː.ɪ.təs.li/US/ɡɹəˈtu.ə.təs.li/

gratuitously adverb: freely; in the manner of a gift, without being earned.

Adverb

gratuitously (comparative more gratuitously, superlative most gratuitously)

  1. Freely; in the manner of a gift, without being earned.
    • We should feed and clothe him gratuitously sometimes, and recruit him with our cordials, before we judge of him.1854, Henry David Thoreau, chapter 1, in Walden
  2. In a manner not demanded by the circumstances, without reason, justification, cause, or proof.
    • Secondly, Mr. Browne concludes, apparently rather gratuitously, on page 441 as follows[…]1881, Samuel Tolver Preston, “On Action at a Distance”, in Philosophical Magazine, 15:38-39

gratuitously meaning in Tamil and Urdu

gratuitously in Tamil

கொடையாக, இலவசமாய், சும்மா, தானாக, வலிய

gratuitously in Urdu

خوامخواہ, مفت میں, ناحق

Forms of gratuitously

comparativemore gratuitously
superlativemost gratuitously

Origin of gratuitously

From gratuitous + -ly.

Questions about gratuitously

What does gratuitously mean?
Gratuitously means freely; in the manner of a gift, without being earned.
What is gratuitously in Tamil?
Gratuitously in Tamil is கொடையாக, இலவசமாய், சும்மா. See Gratuitously meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is gratuitously?
Gratuitously is an adverb.
How do you pronounce gratuitously?
Gratuitously is pronounced /ɡɹəˈtjuː.ɪ.təs.li/ (UK).

Words near gratuitously in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gratuitously (page history and authors); gratuitously (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gratuitously (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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