3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
freely
adverb: in a free manner; "the painting featured freely brushed
strokes"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Freely \Free"ly\, adverb [AS. fre['o]lice.]
In a free manner; without restraint or compulsion;
abundantly; gratuitously.
Of every tree of the garden thou mayst freely eat.
--Gen. ii. 16.
Freely ye have received, freely give. --Matt. x. 8.
Freely they stood who stood, and fell who fell.
--Milton.
Freely we serve
Because we freely love. --Milton.
Syn: Independently; voluntarily; spontaneously;
unconditionally; unobstructedly; willingly; readily;
liberally; generously; bounteously; munificently;
bountifully; abundantly; largely; copiously;
plentifully; plenteously.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
54 Moby Thesaurus words for "freely":
abundantly, amply, bigheartedly, bounteously, bountifully,
by choice, candidly, cleanly, easily, electively, frankly, free,
freehandedly, freeheartedly, generously, graciously, gratuitously,
greatheartedly, handsomely, hospitably, independently,
largeheartedly, lavishly, liberally, munificently, openhandedly,
openheartedly, openly, optionally, outright, plainly, plentifully,
profusely, readily, smoothly, spontaneously, unceremoniously,
unconstrainedly, ungrudgingly, unreservedly, unrestrainedly,
unselfishly, unsparingly, unstintingly, voluntarily, willfully,
willingly, with abandon, with both hands, with open hands,
without coercion, without reserve, without restraint,
without stint
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