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What does gratuitously mean?

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Adverb
  1. Freely; in the manner of a gift, without being earned.
  2. In a manner not demanded by the circumstances, without reason, justification, cause, or proof.
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Nor should it be viewed as a matter of stemming the flow of scientists overseas, as Queensland's Premier, Peter Beattie, gratuitously implied.
Perhaps it would be gratuitously unkind to compare the intellects and depth of the two presidents.
Why you should gratuitously offend a substantial part of your readership is beyond me.
Bread was given away gratuitously by a vendor who was left with scores of hard dough he was unable to sell.
Letter writers gratuitously laced their responses with profane and vulgar language, as if it were a badge of honor.
Thankfully, the New York quartet don't share that band's annoying tendency to gratuitously swear like petulant third-graders.

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