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freely

/ˈfɹili/

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What does freely mean?

adjective

  1. Free; frank.
  2. Generous; noble; excellent; beautiful; lovely.

adverb

  1. In a free manner.
More meanings (2)

adverb

  1. Without interference or restriction.
  2. Of one's own free will.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈfɹili/

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The blood flowed freely in my veins, but a weight of despair and remorse pressed on my heart which nothing could remove.
Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyFrankenstein; or, the modern prometheusProject Gutenberg ebook #84
Make your full reference freely to my lord, Who is so full of grace that it flows over On all that need.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
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He would thus complete the tour round the submarine world, and return to those waters in which the Nautilus could sail freely.
Jules VerneTwenty Thousand Leagues under the SeaProject Gutenberg ebook #164
On questioning, 28 more items were added, but no less than 12 of these were incorrect--she evidently supplied freely from her imagination.
William Healy; Mary Tenney HealyPathology of Lying, Accusation, and Swindling: A Study in Forensic PsychologyProject Gutenberg ebook #449
She, therefore, often went to Pelopidas, and, speaking freely of the indignities she suffered, grew more enraged, and more exasperated against Alexander.
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674