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[ adverb ] in an uncalled-for manner

Examples

"he insulted us gratuitously"

Used in print

(Allan J. Braff and Roger F. Miller, "Wage-Price...)

The presumption in the literature would appear to be that the basic wage rate would be unchanged in this case , on the grounds that it is `` clearly '' not in the interest of the industry to raise wages gratuitously .

Related terms

gratuitous gratuitous

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