Gratuitous
Gratuitous adjective - Not costing or charging anything.
Silly and gratuitous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Silly" instead an adjective "Gratuitous".
Nearby Words: gratuity, gratuitously
Silly
Silly adjective - Lacking in seriousness or maturity.
Gratuitous and silly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gratuitous" instead an adjective "Silly".
Nearby Word: silliness
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Kingdom of Loathing is firmly on the silly end of the scale; it abounds with gratuitous pop-culture references, Self-Referential Humor, Double Entendres and crude MS Paint artwork.
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While this is intended to make him look Badass, the gratuitous use of Scenery Censor makes it come off as a bit silly.
Source: Battle Strip -
Anime that use this as Gratuitous English are always strange because they enunciate it like a Valley Girl — but they obviously intended the less... silly version.
Source: Big "OMG!"
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