freelyadverb
uk/ˈfriː.li/us/ˈfriː.li/freely adverb (NOT LIMITED)
B2 without being controlled or limited:
For the first time in months she could move freely.
Exotic foods are freely available in supermarkets.
She freely (= willingly) admits that she's not as fast a runner as she used to be.
We encourage the victims to talk freely (= talk a lot and honestly) about their experiences.
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- Throughout the Cold War, the Allies asserted their right to move freely between the two Berlins.
- A pluralist society allows its members to express their beliefs freely.
- The hens range freely about the farm.
- They promised that individuals could live freely without fear of reprisal from the military.
- 'Without let or hindrance' is a legal term that means 'freely'.
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Freedom to act
- (as) free as a bird idiom
- at will idiom
- autonomous
- autonomy
- be a law unto yourself idiom
- free hand
- free rein idiom
- free spirit
- free time
- free-form
- hold
- independent
- indie
- liberty
- me time
- no holds barred idiom
- no holds barred
- paddle your own canoe idiom
- permissive
- volunteer
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freely adverb (ABLE TO MOVE EASILY)
in a way that is not fixed or joined to anything, so able to move easily:
Remember to apply plenty of oil so that the wheel can rotate freely.
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Separateness and isolation in space
- apart
- atomistic
- atomized
- bitty
- cloistered
- distance
- distance yourself from sth
- divorced
- give sth/sb a wide berth idiom
- hermetically sealed
- isolated
- loose
- parted
- privacy
- private
- purdah
- secluded
- uninhabited
- untethered
- wide
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