Gratuitously
[græ'tju:itəsli]
Definition
(adv.) in an uncalled-for manner; 'he insulted us gratuitously'.
Editor: Lorna--From WordNet
Examples
- It was a test of what could be done in a sudden military emergency, and was gratuitously undertaken by the company at the request of the Secretary of the Navy. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I protest, in the interests of morality, against blame being gratuitously and wantonly attached to the proceedings of the Count. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Both assertions were gratuitously made, and both were false. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Though his services were rendered quite gratuitously. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Or they killed you gratuitously like Aymo. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
Editor: Lorna