1
as in voluntarily
of one's own free will
I will freely give my life for my country
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2
as in easily
without difficulty
the horse broke the halter rope quite freely
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Recent Examples of freely
Duffey said an area that someone can walk in freely hasn’t been secured.
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Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
The band was pinned to the top of the wall, and its midpoint was attached to the rim of the wheel; the remainder hung freely.
—Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Rights have never been handed down freely.
—Norma Chavez-Peterson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2025
Martial law regulations barred men aged 18-60 from leaving Ukraine but last month, the country's prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko said those aged 18 to 22 are now allowed to cross the border freely in either direction.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
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Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
The band was pinned to the top of the wall, and its midpoint was attached to the rim of the wheel; the remainder hung freely.
—Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Rights have never been handed down freely.
—Norma Chavez-Peterson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2025
Martial law regulations barred men aged 18-60 from leaving Ukraine but last month, the country's prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko said those aged 18 to 22 are now allowed to cross the border freely in either direction.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for freely
Adverb
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Bloomfield had already tried two times to withdraw Miller and Keith’s plumbing claim against Citizens, filing motions to voluntarily dismiss the lawsuit and notifying the court of the withdrawal of her clients claim.—
Mario Ariza,
ProPublica,
15 Sep. 2025
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Following the shooting, Kozak voluntarily approached police and was later questioned by the FBI.—
Amanda Castro
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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The chain of landforms to the west of Kauai is so small that it was not easily spotted in the satellite images taken as Kiko roared across the Pacific toward Hawaii as a Category 4 hurricane.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The real premium comes from organizational capability — leadership, culture, and systems that competitors can’t easily copy.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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By enjoying the exciting spectacle, their fans have willingly become mindless followers—idol worshippers who are too misguided, and naive, to see they’re being led toward their own destruction.—
Yvonne Kim,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
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Von Ferdinand’s attorneys have argued Jett willingly transferred her money and properties to Von Ferdinand.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Maybach delivers 4 seconds flat like a swimmer effortlessly backstroking, leaving the Muggles in its wake.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Fall’s fashion trends mark a return to classicism, with influences from academia and the English countryside, and few pieces capture the mood as effortlessly as blazers.—
Kristina Rutkowski,
Glamour,
12 Sep. 2025
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But the conversation didn’t end smoothly, leaving tension in the air.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
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This convenience explains why, if wallets can't integrate RWAs smoothly, tokenization will remain a niche pursuit.—
Jamie Elkaleh,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Plus, the leakproof Flex Straw Cap and wide mouth make filling it up easy.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Sep. 2025
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Editing photos on the go just got wicked easy.—
StackCommerce Team,
PC Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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This announcement represents a major milestone in the software and hardware needed to efficiently process inference queries, disaggregating inference processing into two workloads with a GPU tailored for each in the case of long-context windows greater than one million tokens.—
Karl Freund,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The electric system is underperforming because utilities and energy companies don’t get rewarded for making the existing system operate more efficiently or adopting new technologies that could render outdated systems obsolete.—
Brian Deese,
Foreign Affairs,
9 Sep. 2025
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The system that would have calculated Brown’s risk score — or any defendant’s score — is not readily available to the public, but the Observer found a breakdown of the general formula through the foundation that helped develop Mecklenburg’s policies.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Sep. 2025
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At least one Johnson County city is supporting a push to make Spanish language voting materials more readily available, with more discussions in other cities underway.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Freely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freely. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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