freely

[free-lee]

adverb

1. in a free manner.

Word History and Origins

Origin of freely¹

before 900; Middle English freliche, Old English frēolīce. See free, -ly

Example Sentences

Mr Huang has also warned that the US should trade freely with China or risk handing it the edge in the AI race.

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"Yes. It's been a boost, for women to speak freely," she told me, emphatically.

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"There, under the night sky, we sat freely - in great faith - with our little lights, holding on to what resources we had," Mr Pareja wrote on Facebook.

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William just seems more relaxed in that space, and talks more freely.

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As a tactic, this looks identical to 'screening' in basketball, a move in which a player stands still to block a nearby defender, allowing space for their team-mates to move freely around them.

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