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Word entry · 6 letters

freely

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"Without restraint"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈfɹiːli/Part of speech adverbSorted eeflryStarts with FEnds with Y1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Without restraint, payment, or restriction.

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • Wine was flowing freely.
  • 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.

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