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
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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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Opening the lid—easily done one-handed—slightly elevates the laptop's rear, angling the keyboard for a more ergonomic typing posture.—
Charles Jefferies,
PC Magazine,
18 Sep. 2025
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Maniar said the votes are especially critical heading into the fall and winter season, when diseases, particularly respiratory viruses like Covid, spread more easily.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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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
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The internet has always enjoyed photoshopping weird animal hybrids, like Strawberry Elephant and Cat Smurf, but those creatures were created with Photoshop—generative AI tools allow anyone to effortlessly create their own.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Carpenter has effortlessly included country elements in much of her music in the past.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
19 Sep. 2025
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Skills gaps represent a practical challenge as teams may lack cloud-native cryptographic expertise, and some latency-sensitive operations may not translate smoothly to virtual platforms.—
Julian Durand,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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But seasoned pros know that small habits can go a long way in making trips run more smoothly.—
Alesandra Dubin,
Southern Living,
17 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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Why Northern Lights Displays Are Spiking The cause is the Russell-McPherron effect, which sees the magnetic fields of the sun and Earth connect most efficiently for a few weeks either side of equinoxes.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The team hopes this work on differential privacy scaling laws will help others efficiently allocate resources to train private AI models.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
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Madame Grès, one of the great ladies of the Paris fashion world, had readily altered her own arrangements to help an unknown designer.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
19 Sep. 2025
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Those of us who went to school back in the 1950s, 60s, 70s and 80s didn’t have this kind of problem, even though guns were readily available back then and gun laws were much more lax than the gun laws of today.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Freely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freely. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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