: in a free manner: such as
a
: of one's own accord
left home freely
b
: with freedom from external control
a freely elected government
c
: without restraint or reservation
spent freely on clothes
d
: without hindrance
a gate swinging freely
e
: not strictly following a model, convention, or rule
freely translated
Examples of freely in a Sentence
I will freely give my life for my country.
the horse broke the halter rope quite freely
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Yohana Desta, Vanity Fair, 7 May 2026
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Hundreds of vessels and thousands of mariners are still stranded in and around the strait, where traffic had flowed freely for decades before the Iran war broke out.
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Yohana Desta, Vanity Fair, 7 May 2026
Trump and his allies are attacking democracy itself, from the rights to protest and exist freely to the rights to fair jobs and livable wages.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Hundreds of vessels and thousands of mariners are still stranded in and around the strait, where traffic had flowed freely for decades before the Iran war broke out.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 6 May 2026
Reveal Digital works with libraries, archives, and communities to digitize and share primary sources, making underrepresented histories freely accessible on JSTOR.
—Emilie Hardman, JSTOR Daily, 6 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for freely
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“Freely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freely. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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