单词 | free with |
释义 | > as lemmasfree with (also †of) b. free with (also †of): using without reserve or restraint. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective] > in action, conduct, or habit > of or with conduct free with (also of)a1400 a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) l. 1540 (MED) Sum owtȝe nat to be Of here wurdys to fre. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 847 (MED) Felle face as þe fyre, & fre of hys speche. 1588 J. Aske Elizabetha Triumphans sig. A4 I desire nothing of you for my paynes, but that you will not condemne the beginning, vntill you haue read to the ending, and then of Gods name be free with your censure. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iii. 92 He was so free of his stomacke to receive in strong liquor. 1653 Z. Bogan Medit. Mirth Christian Life 80 Grotius, the freest man of his tongue that ever I knew. 1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 196 He was not free of his Discourse. 1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. vi. 258 He gives us a Caution not to be too free with such Preparations. 1838 J. P. Kennedy Rob of Bowl I. iii. 41 To make the story short, Weatherby was free with his dagger, and in the street, at Doncaster,..he stabbed Alwin to the heart. 1856 G. H. Calvert Will & Way iv. ii, in Comedies 52 This, sire, is the man; and though Free with his tongue, he is an honest fool. 1907 E. Robins Convert 47 Sophia's too free with her tongue. It's a mistake. It frightens people off. 1958 J. Kesson White Bird Passes vii. 103 But for all that, Jimmy's a bit too free with his hands the moment he gets within an inch of a woman. 2002 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) (Nexis) 13 Nov. 18 One man, a professional criminal who was pretty free with his fists, wouldn't beat another prisoner because it went against his code. < as lemmas |
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