English

Adverb

gratuitously ‎(comparative more gratuitously, superlative most gratuitously)

1. Freely; in the manner of a gift, without being earned.
   • 1854, Henry David Thoreau, Walden, chapter 1

     We should feed and clothe him gratuitously sometimes, and recruit him with our cordials, before we judge of him.

2. In a manner not demanded by the circumstances, without reason, justification, cause, or proof.
   • 1881, Samuel Tolver Preston, “On Action at a Distance”, Philosophical Magazine 15:38-39

     Secondly, Mr. Browne concludes, apparently rather gratuitously, on page 441 as follows […]

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