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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