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▪ I. † ˈfreely, a. Obs.
[OE. fréolic: see free a. and -ly1.]
Free, noble; excellent, goodly, beautiful, lovely. (A stock epithet of compliment in ME. poetry: cf. free a. 3.)
Beowulf 615 Freolic wif. a1000Riddles xv. 13 Freolic fyrdsceorp. a1225Leg. Kath. 68 A meiden..feir ant freolich o wlite & o westum. a1300Cursor M. 8376 Þou freli king, sa ful o bliss. 13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 162 To þis frelych feste þat fele arn to called. c1320Sir Tristr. 193 Sone to deþ þer drewe Mani a frely fode. c1350Will. Palerne 822 Alle freliche foules þat on þat friþ songe. c1460Towneley Myst. (Surtees) 42 Ryse vp now, with thi frely face. c1475Sqr. lowe Degre 545 in Hazl. E.P.P. II. 44 Vndo thy dore! my frely floure.
b. absol. Noble one, fair one. (Cf. free B.)
13..E.E. Allit. P. A. 1155 Quen I seȝ my frely I wolde be þere. c1420Anturs of Arth. xxix, That freli..And the kene knyȝte.
Hence ˈfrelyhede.
c1440Jacob's Well (E.E.T.S.) 185 Þe vj. spanne in þe handyl of þi confessioun, is frelyhede; þat frely..for loue & deuocyoun to God, þou art schrevyn.
▪ II. freely, adv.|ˈfriːlɪ|
[OE. fréolíce, ME. freoliche, freliche, frely, f. free a. + -ly2.]
1. Of one's own accord, spontaneously; without constraint or reluctance; unreservedly, without stipulation; readily, willingly.
c825Vesp. Psalter xciii. [xciv.] 1 Libere egit, freolice dyde. c888K. ælfred Boeth. xviii. §4 Seo sawl færþ swiþe freolice to heofonum. c1205Lay. 5547 Of Normaundie & of Flaundres freoliche him fulsten. 13..Guy Warw. (A.) 209 Gij him answerd freliche: ‘Sir, ichil wel bleþeliche’. c1386Chaucer Frankl. T. 876–7 And right as frely as he sente hir me, As frely sente I hir to him ageyn. c1460Fortescue Abs. & Lim. Mon. xii. (1885) 139 The reaume off Fraunce givith neuer ffrely off thair owne gode will any subsidie to thair prince. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 11 These..gyftes and graces, he hath gyuen to vs frely. 1586T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. 46 Let us freely forsake all such things [worldly goods]. 1607Shakes. Timon i. i. 110 Lord Timon, heare me speake. Tim. Freely good Father. 1664Evelyn Kal. Hort. (1729) 187 Let none..despise..these short Directions, so freely and ingenuously imparted. 1817Ld. Ellenborough in Maule & Selwyn Rep. K. Bench VI. 316 He does not even ask for [the bills]; but they are freely and voluntarily handed over. 1862Ruskin Unto this Last 82 He may either give it us freely, or demand payment for it. 1865R. W. Dale Jew. Temp. ix. (1877) 92 He freely forgives the penitent.
b. With freedom of will or choice.
1340Ayenb. 86 Uri-wyl, huer-by he may chyese and do uryliche oþer þet guod oþer þet kuead. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. ii. ii. (1495) 28 Angels haue myght and power frely to chese to vnderstonde and to loue. 1667Milton P.L. v. 538 Freely we serve, Because we freely love, as in our will To love or not.
2. Without constraint or reserve in regard to speech; unreservedly, frankly, openly, plainly.
1596Shakes. Merch. V. iii. ii. 257, I freely told you. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. i. viii. 32 To speake freely what cannot bee concealed. 1732Berkeley Alciphr. 1 §4 He may speak his mind freely to me without fear of offending. 1766Goldsm. Vic. W. xxi, We were shewn a room where we could converse more freely. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 69 She well knew that she was not handsome, and jested freely on her own homeliness. 1884Leeds Mercury 24 Oct. 8/2 He..freely criticised the policy of the Government in South Africa.
3. Without restraint or restriction upon action or activity; without let, hindrance, or interference.
a1300Cursor M. 2238 Þat ai quen we se ani chesun, Freli may climbe vp and dun. 13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 1106 Hit ferde freloker in fete in his fayre honde. c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 362 For þanne Goddis lawe myȝte freeli renne bi þe lymytis þat Crist haþ ordeyned. 1503–4Act 19 Hen. VII, c. 34 §8 Every suche Woman..[shall] frely enjoye..all hir owne inheretaunce. 1576Baker Jewell of Health 17 b, To thende the fire maye..burne the freelyer. 1609Skene Reg. Maj. 38 The woman may frelie marie, against the will of the over-lord. 1695Ld. Preston Boeth. i. 10, I began to breathe more freely. 1703Moxon Mech. Exerc. 143 That the Light may the freelier play upon the Glass. 1874Morley Compromise (1886) 1 The right of thinking freely and acting independently. 1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. viii. 91/1 These wheels turn freely upon the shaft.
b. Without observance of strict rule; loosely.
1869Phillips Vesuv. vii. 180 Only a freely sweeping line can justly express the form. 1870Max Müller Sc. Relig. (1873) 122 Translate it somewhat freely.
4. Without stint; plentifully, abundantly; generously, liberally.
a1300Cursor M. 12332 Iesus tok þis corn for-melt, And freli it a-bute him delt. 13..E.E. Allit. P. C. 20 For þay schal frely be refete ful of alle gode. 1597Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, iv. ii. 75 You would drink freely. 1611Bible Gen. ii. 16 Of euery tree of the garden thou mayest freely eate. 1659D. Pell Impr. Sea 100 note, Throw your monies away freely in the Alehouse. 1725De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 260 We ate very freely. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 431 The blood flowed freely. 1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 23/2 He lived in princely style and spent his money freely. 1883Rep. Geol. Explor. N. Zealand 39 Gold has been found freely. 1892E. P. Dixon (Hull) Seed Catal. 37 Brachycome Iberidifolia..blooms freely, and is useful for bedding.
†5. In freedom, with the rights of free birth; without servitude, with absolute possession (of property, franchises, etc.). freely begotten = lawfully begotten. Obs.
c1205Lay. 5440 Ȝe scullen..habben freoliche eoure lond. 1375Barbour Bruce i. 228 He levys at ese, that frely levys! c1393Chaucer Mariage 31 God graunte you youre lyf frely to lede In fredom. 1415E.E. Wills (1882) 24 Hers of his body frelych be-gotun. c1425Wyntoun Cron. viii. i. 65 Bot it suld joys all Fredomys, Franchys, Profit, and Customys, Also frely as before. c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode i. xlvi. (1869) 27 And that the gouernaunce of heuene longeth freeliche to me. c1500in Arnolde Chron. Index (1811) 11 That citezens of London..of al their libarteis and fre vsage as holly and fully be restored. As them the tyme of ony our progenitours Kinges frelyest and fullyest they had. 1596Shakes. Merch. V. iii. ii. 252, I must freely haue the halfe of any thing That this same paper brings you. 1601― Twel. N. i. iv. 40 Thou shalt liue as freely as thy Lord, To call his fortunes thine. a1647Habington Surv. Worcestersh. in Worc. Hist. Soc. Proc. ii. 255 The Church heald one Hyde freely.
†6. Nobly; excellently, beautifully. Obs.
c1205Lay. 28941 An hundred and sixti þusend freoliche iwapned. a1225Juliana 21 And under hire nebscheft al se freoliche ischapet. c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 10 Fulle frely he lyued here. c1350Will. Palerne 2634 On þe fairest on face and frelokest ischapen.
†7.
a. Without payment or cost, gratis;
b. without punishment. Obs.; = free adv.
1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 5965 Quod gratis accepistis, gratis date. He says, ‘þat þat ȝe haf of grace fre And frely resayved, frely gyf ȝe’. 1382Wyclif Isa. lii. 3 Freeli [Vulg. gratis] ȝee ben sold. 1480Caxton Chron. Eng. cxxxvi. 116 Somme of hem lete he go frelych and somme lete he putte to the deth. 1546Wriothesley Chron. (1875) I. 163 Which were discharged frelie without paying any fine to the cittie. 1550Crowley Last Trump 1411 Let none break such laws freli. 1589Act 31 Eliz. c. 6 §1 Freelye without anye rewarde. 1759B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. I. 264 For 153 children to be taught freely.
8. Sc. † Entirely, completely (obs.); also used as an intensive, very.
1500–20Dunbar Poems xxv. 78 Quhen flude and fyre sall our it frak, And frely frustir feeld and fure. 1873W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xi. (ed. 3) 66, ‘I wud like freely weel to see them, man’, said the stranger. |