Freely
['friːlɪ] or ['frili]
Definition
(adv.) in a free manner; 'the painting featured freely brushed strokes'.
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Definition
(adv.) In a free manner; without restraint or compulsion; abundantly; gratuitously.
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Examples
- People will pay as freely to gratify one passion as another, their resentment as their pride. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Love covers a multitude of sins, and of whom could you ask more freely than of him? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- We know nothing of the language of Pal?olithic man; we do not even know whether Pal?olithic man talked freely. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- If there is a slab roof the air must blow freely between this roof and the top covering. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- If a delicately made magnet is suspended as in Figure 223, and is allowed to swing freely, it will always assume a definite north and south position. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Handle it freely, was Grandfather's expression. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Yes, I have been using myself up rather too freely, he remarked, in answer to my look rather than to my words; I have been a little pressed of late. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was a recognized principle of the Society freely to admit men of different religions, countries, professions. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I freely forgive you! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- And now, sir, I may admit, freely admit, that my friend is sometimes of a sarcastic temper. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I have no enemies, replied Carriston, with great dignity; but even if I had, I would forgive them freely. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Rachael, will you tell him—for you know how, without offence—that this is freely his, to help him on his way? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Which all of us will freely grant. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The word freely marks the difference between the principle of knowledge and that of habit. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Oh yes, quite freely. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Moreover, in the case of animals which wander much about and cross freely, their varieties seem to be generally confined to distinct regions. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Not being that yet, I said no very freely. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The enemy could not resort to our method to protect their men, because we had an inexhaustible supply of ammunition to draw upon and used it freely. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- If strange and rare deviations of structure are truly inherited, less strange and commoner deviations may be freely admitted to be inheritable. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- In convection, air and water circulate freely, carrying heat with them; in conduction, heat flows from a warm region toward a cold region, but there is no apparent motion of any kind. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- A plant will not grow in a pot too small for it, nor will a child constantly confined in swaddling clothes develop its physical nature freely. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- A good-tempered, freely-living man? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- They joked freely with one another, but seldom with him. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Do not kiss my dress and kneel to me; you are too old to kneel to me; I forgive you freely without that. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- May I speak quite freely, and will you remember that it's Mother who blames as well as Mother who sympathizes? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Whereas in the King's Bench--' Mr Rugg waved his right hand freely, as expressing abundance of space. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He was there--so Fanny spared nothing, she spent VERY freely. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- They will talk of it freely, even before others whose pockets they are thus contriving to pick by this piece of knavery. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Breathing more freely in a little while, he sat down at the table, and listened again until the clock struck Two. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Dr. Johnyou pained me afterwards: forgiven be every ill--freely forgiven--for the sake of that one dear remembered good! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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