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Antonyms for fancy free


Grammar : Adj
Spell : fan-see-free
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfæn siˈfri



Definition of fancy free

Origin :
  • "free from the trammels of love," 1580s, from fancy (n.) + free (adj.).
  • As in unattached : adj disconnected, free
  • As in uninhibited : adj free and easy; without restraint
  • As in vagabond : adj unsettled; vagrant
  • As in fancy-free : adj carefree
  • As in spouseless : adj single
  • As in unwed : adj single
  • As in free : adj unrestrained personally
  • As in freely : adj without restriction
Example sentences :
  • The other he had left on the deck of the Fancy Free, his spare diving gear.
  • Extract from : « Where the Pavement Ends » by John Russell
  • And then I said, “Twenty-seven years old and still free and fancy free?”
  • Extract from : « The Sea-Wolf » by Jack London
  • She had learned, in the wisdom of her sex, that he was fancy free.
  • Extract from : « The Man From Brodney's » by George Barr McCutcheon
  • She seems to be fancy free, and for some reason I feel sorry for the girl.
  • Extract from : « Tales of Chinatown » by Sax Rohmer
  • I've gone about in maiden meditation and man's breeches, fancy free.
  • Extract from : « The Mountebank » by William J. Locke
  • Cap'n of the Fancy Free, that flash little lugger out beyond.
  • Extract from : « Where the Pavement Ends » by John Russell
  • If your affections had been fancy free, wouldn't you have married Mlle. de Beaumesnil?
  • Extract from : « Pride » by Eugne Sue
  • In this case the very slightness of the material on which his mind dwelt set the wings of his fancy free.
  • Extract from : « They of the High Trails » by Hamlin Garland
  • Whatever our wishes, we do not expect ghosts to be real, and we are fancy free to invent or distort as we may.
  • Extract from : « Great Ghost Stories » by Various
  • Her gallant rescuer being a married man, Evangelina remains to this day in "maiden meditation, fancy free."
  • Extract from : « Cuba Past and Present » by Richard Davey

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