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Grammar : Adj, adv
Spell : free-lee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfri li



Definition of freely

Origin :
  • Old English freolice; see free (adj.) + -ly (2).
  • adj without restriction
  • adv easily, smoothly done
Example sentences :
  • I freely say that the tendency of my thought, based on observation, is to conservatism.
  • Extract from : « 'Tis Sixty Years Since » by Charles Francis Adams
  • She freely acquaints him that he has nothing to expect from her contrary to her duty.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Desires her to treat her freely; but wishes not that she should impute love to her; and why.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • As matters stand, I don't care to have papers, so freely written, about me.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • But now, youngster, I have answered you freely, and I trow it is time that you answered me.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Henceforth she could freely unburden herself and tell the truth.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • You know him, Duncan, or you would not trust yourself so freely to his keeping?
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • "I modestly but freely told him what I thought" of Paradise Lost!
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • Who art thou that talkest so freely of cracking the head of Arthur a Bland?
  • Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle
  • As if he had said,--I seek to test the submission of your will, freely, to my will.
  • Extract from : « Slavery Ordained of God » by Rev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.

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