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freely

UK/ˈfɹiːli//ˈfɹili/

freely adjective: free; frank.

Adjective

freely (comparative freelier or more freely, superlative freeliest or most freely)

  1. Free; frank.
  2. Generous; noble; excellent; beautiful; lovely.

Adverb

freely (comparative freelier or more freely, superlative freeliest or most freely)

  1. In a free manner.
    • Wine was flowing freely.
  2. Without interference or restriction.
    • talk freely
    • I found that the Chapelon steamed almost too freely, because on a strange locomotive and road one usually tends to overfire a little through a natural lack of confidence.1961 February, ""Balmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives - Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 110
  3. Of one's own free will.
    • I will freely help you.

freely meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

freely in Tamil

freely, unhesitatingly, unceremoniously
சும்மா cummā

freely in Marathi

मुक्तपणे

freely in Urdu

کھلے بندوں

freely in Bengali

অবাধে, স্বাধীনভাবে, স্বচ্ছন্দে, স্বচ্ছন্দভাবে, অকুণ্ঠচিত্তে, নির্বাধ
More languagesFewer languages
freely in Telugu
ఉచితముగా ucitamugā
freely in Malayalam
സ്വതന്ത്രമായി, തടസ്സമില്ലാതെ, ശങ്കയില്ലാതെ, തുറന്ന്
freely in Gujarati
મુક્તપણે

Examples of freely in a sentence

  • They believe in copyleft because they want their software to be used freely by anyone.
  • A gyrocopter’s rotor spins freely due to airflow rather than engine power.
  • Ethereal products flee once freely exposed to air.

All 40 example sentences with freely

Forms of freely

Adjective
comparativefreelier
comparativemore freely
superlativefreeliest
superlativemost freely
alternative formfrely
Adverb
comparativefreelier
comparativemore freely
superlativefreeliest
superlativemost freely

Origin of freely

From Middle English frely, freelich, from Old English frēolīc (“free, freeborn, glorious, stately, magnificent, noble, beautiful, charming”), equivalent to free + -ly. Compare Middle Low German vrilik, vrigelik (“free”), Middle High German vrīlich (“free”).

From Middle English frely, freliche, from Old English frēolīċe (“freely, readily, as a festival”), equivalent to free + -ly. Compare Dutch vrijelijk (“freely”), German freilich (“certainly, of course”).

Words formed from freely

Phrases with freely

Words that rhyme with freely

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Questions about freely

What does freely mean?
Freely means free; frank.
What is freely in Tamil?
Freely in Tamil is சும்மா (cummā). See Freely meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is freely?
Freely can be an adjective or an adverb.
How do you pronounce freely?
Freely is pronounced /ˈfɹiːli/ (UK).

Words near freely in the dictionary

  1. freeloads
  2. freelook
  3. Freelove
  4. Freeloves
  5. Freels
  6. freely
  7. freemail
  8. freeman
  9. freeman on the land
  10. Freeman-Sheldon syndrome
  11. Freemans

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: freely (page history and authors); சும்மா (Tamil) (page history and authors); freely (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); freely (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); freely (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); freely (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); freely (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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