Thankfully, the New York quartet don't share that band's annoying tendency to gratuitously swear like petulant third-graders.
This was a misinformed and gratuitously insulting attack.
The government is increasingly accepting stress as an illness and as a result it is repeatedly and gratuitously used as an excuse for society to hide behind.
She now regrets gratuitously slating other creative people.
Artifacts too large to be carried away were gratuitously destroyed.
In real diplomacy you don't gratuitously insult allies you might need in the future.
Why you should gratuitously offend a substantial part of your readership is beyond me.
It's not a smart move to gratuitously antagonise a welterweight boxing champ.
2Free of charge.
his care was provided gratuitously
Example sentencesExamples
They offered information to the court gratuitously, just to help the court avoid error.
They are appointed by the government and give their services gratuitously.
Bread was given away gratuitously by a vendor who was left with scores of hard dough he was unable to sell.
Liability for negligent advice is imposed irrespective of whether it is given gratuitously.
The services of the laboratory are offered gratuitously to any scientist or graduate student engaged in research which makes a significant contribution to progress in the fields of science.
State Education was entirely free; and all school equipment was gratuitously supplied.
He described Gueret's views as a "full-frontal, hypocritical, misinformed and gratuitously insulting attack".
He gave his services gratuitously.
Definition of gratuitously in US English:
gratuitously
adverbɡrəˈt(j)uədəsliɡrəˈt(y)o͞oədəslē
1Without good reason; unjustifiably.
artifacts were gratuitously destroyed
gratuitously insulting remarks
Example sentencesExamples
Artifacts too large to be carried away were gratuitously destroyed.
Thankfully, the New York quartet don't share that band's annoying tendency to gratuitously swear like petulant third-graders.
This was a misinformed and gratuitously insulting attack.
It's not a smart move to gratuitously antagonise a welterweight boxing champ.
The government is increasingly accepting stress as an illness and as a result it is repeatedly and gratuitously used as an excuse for society to hide behind.
Why you should gratuitously offend a substantial part of your readership is beyond me.
In real diplomacy you don't gratuitously insult allies you might need in the future.
She now regrets gratuitously slating other creative people.
2Free of charge.
his care was provided gratuitously
Example sentencesExamples
Liability for negligent advice is imposed irrespective of whether it is given gratuitously.
The services of the laboratory are offered gratuitously to any scientist or graduate student engaged in research which makes a significant contribution to progress in the fields of science.
Bread was given away gratuitously by a vendor who was left with scores of hard dough he was unable to sell.
They are appointed by the government and give their services gratuitously.
He described Gueret's views as a "full-frontal, hypocritical, misinformed and gratuitously insulting attack".
They offered information to the court gratuitously, just to help the court avoid error.
He gave his services gratuitously.
State Education was entirely free; and all school equipment was gratuitously supplied.