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freeheartedly

freeheartedly adverb: in a freehearted manner; lightly and without constraint or worry.

Adverb

freeheartedly (comparative more freeheartedly, superlative most freeheartedly)

  1. In a freehearted manner; lightly and without constraint or worry.
    • Before dawn on Sunday ew had put Nagasaki behind us and were off on our 445 mile sail to Shanghai, regretful at leaving a country and a people who had entertained us so lavishly and free-heartedly for a week that always will be a luster of red letter days in the memory of all.1909, Robert H. Murray, Around the World with Taft
    • So now, I think, you know all about it, — and you see you may do what you can for me, freeheartedly — without fear of harm — and for Aracoeli sake.1964, John Ruskin, William Francis Cowper-Temple Mount-Temple (1st baron), The Letters of John Ruskin to Lord and Lady Mount-Temple, →ISBN, page 53

Forms of freeheartedly

comparativemore freeheartedly
superlativemost freeheartedly

Origin of freeheartedly

From freehearted + -ly.

Questions about freeheartedly

What does freeheartedly mean?
Freeheartedly means in a freehearted manner; lightly and without constraint or worry.
What part of speech is freeheartedly?
Freeheartedly is an adverb.

Words near freeheartedly in the dictionary

  1. freehandedness
  2. freehanding
  3. freehands
  4. freehanging
  5. freehearted
  6. freeheartedly
  7. freeheartedness
  8. freehold
  9. Freehold Borough
  10. freeholded
  11. freeholder

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