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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 |
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