freelyfree‧ly /ˈfriːli/ ●●○ adverb 
the country’s first freely elected president EU members are allowed to travel freely between member states.talk/speak/write etc freely In France he could write freely, without fear of arrest. We went outside so that we could talk freely without being overheard.2if something moves freely, it moves smoothly and nothing prevents it from doing this: She was breathing freely. If your muscles are tense, blood cannot circulate freely. The injury prevented him from moving freely.3freely available very easy to obtain: Information is freely available on the Internet.4freely admit/acknowledge something to agree that something is true, even though telling the truth is difficult or embarrassing: They freely admitted using the drug.5generously and willingly: She gave freely to charity.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- For most of the year, farmers allow the sheep to roam freely on the hillsides.
- Foreign tourists will be allowed to leave the country freely.
- I freely admit I made many mistakes.
- If your muscles are tense and tight, blood cannot circulate freely.
- In England he could write freely, without fear of arrest.
- Mrs. Atwood's note said that she freely chose to end her life.
- Ms. Tate freely acknowledges that she hasn't paid the fines, but argues she should not have to.
- Sugar is given away freely in restaurants.
- the country's first freely elected president
- Thomas could not find anyone with whom he could speak freely.
- TV companies need the ability to operate freely, with the minimum of government interference,
- Gamers freely download them from myriad sites.
- He enters freely into public debate from his close attention to most subjects, but he is no Orator.
- She told me so freely on more than one occasion.
- The personal consequences of complete isolation in hospital for patients and families who have previously socialised freely are potentially enormous.
- This allows harmonics and noise to pass freely.
- This he freely admitted, although, even so, neither he nor Mama would ever reveal what his real name was.
- You tell them that this is the card that they have freely chosen.
Longman Language Activatorallowed to do what you want
allowed or able to do what you want, without being restricted by rules or by other people: · I had just left home, and was enjoying the feeling of being free and independent at last.free to do something: · During "Golden Time", the pupils are free to choose the activity they would like to do.
formal to be free to do something, especially because someone has given you official permission or you have the right to do it: · The Secretary of State told reporters, "I am not at liberty to get into the details of the proposal."· You are quite at liberty to make an official complaint if you wish.
if you can travel, speak, operate etc freely , you can do it as much as you like and in whatever way you like, without anyone trying to stop you: · For most of the year, farmers allow the sheep to roam freely on the hillsides.· In England he could write freely, without fear of arrest.· TV companies need the ability to operate freely, with the minimum of government interference,
especially spoken to do what you want to do, especially when these are not the same things as other people generally do: · As a kid, I wanted to do my own thing, but when I got older I realized I wanted to continue the family business.· The three women worked together on a stage play, and then each went off to do her own thing.
when you do something willingly · I'd willingly pay higher taxes if the money was spent on health and education.· Hundreds of teenagers volunteer willingly to help in service organizations.· She willingly cut her beautiful long hair in order to play Joan of Arc in Shaw's play.
if you do something voluntarily , especially something difficult, unpleasant, or inconvenient, you do it willingly and not because you are forced to: · She wasn't fired or asked to resign; she left voluntarily.· The company has voluntarily recalled the product to check for defects.
: willing accomplice/partner/participant etc someone who takes part in an activity with someone else without being forced to, especially a dishonest or criminal activity: · The police believe Davison was a willing participant in the murder.· Get a bike, find a willing friend, and explore the bike trails.
if you do something of your own free will , you do it because you choose to and want to, and not because you are forced to: · Nobody forced her to go -- she left of her own free will.· How many of our teenage children actually help around the house of their own free will?
actions that are voluntary are done willingly, not because you are forced to do them or have a legal duty to do them: · Most charities rely on voluntary contributions from the public.· Playing sport on Saturday at school was entirely voluntary.· The district is calling for a voluntary ban on using wood-burning stoves, in order to improve air quality.
written if you do something readily , you do it very willingly and without needing to think about whether you should do it or not: · He readily agreed to all our suggestions.· Beth was very tired and readily accepted a seat when it was offered.· Parsons readily took responsibility for the show's failure.
if you freely do or say something, you do or say it willingly, even though it is something that other people might be embarrassed to do or say: · Mrs. Atwood's note said that she freely chose to end her life.freely admit/acknowledge: · I freely admit I made many mistakes.· Ms. Tate freely acknowledges that she hasn't paid the fines, but argues she should not have to.
if you do something gladly , you are very willing and pleased to do it: · If only I had more money in the bank, I would gladly retire.· When businesses heard about the reason for the fund-raiser, they gladly gave us donations.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY the country’s first freely elected president EU members are allowed to travel freely between member states. In France he could write freely, without fear of arrest. We went outside so that we could talk freely without being overheard. She was breathing freely. If your muscles are tense, blood cannot circulate freely. The injury prevented him from moving freely. She gave freely to charity.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES If the windows are shut, air cannot flow freely through the building. Beer and whisky flowed freely as the evening wore on. Everyone was relaxed and the conversation flowed freely. Chickens and geese roam freely in the back yard.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
the country’s first freely elected president EU members are allowed to travel freely between member states. In France he could write freely, without fear of arrest. We went outside so that we could talk freely without being overheard. She was breathing freely. If your muscles are tense, blood cannot circulate freely. The injury prevented him from moving freely. She gave freely to charity. (=admit without being ashamed)· I freely admit I’m hopeless at maths.
(=easy to get)· The material used was cheap and readily available.
If the windows are shut, air cannot flow freely through the building. Beer and whisky flowed freely as the evening wore on. Everyone was relaxed and the conversation flowed freely. Chickens and geese roam freely in the back yard.· Many of these services are freely available online, so focus purely on the cost of trading.· Good relations between partners depend on their sharing equally the work and making their findings freely available to each other.· Nine items that a freely available on both sides of the channel.· It's freely available on the Internet and used as the core of many ISPs' Windows 3.x bundles.· Meanwhile the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has said that it is making its course materials freely available on the internet.· Economic surveys Economic and political reports on most countries are made freely available by most banks to their customers.· The means of power and decision-making in the decentralized authority are made freely available to non-state agencies and other organized interest groups.· Flagrant disregard for the evidence freely available in libraries at home and abroad was self-defeating.
VERB· Tom freely acknowledged this just as Terry acknowledged his earlier insensitivity.· He freely acknowledges that he allowed the behaviour of others to put him off the career he really wanted.· It was as though, having given up the struggle themselves, they could more freely acknowledge the value of it.
· She freely admitted although only to herself that this was because Maxim would be there.· This he freely admitted, although, even so, neither he nor Mama would ever reveal what his real name was.· She freely admitted that when she was shoplifting she was, in a way, hoping to go to prison.· Vaught freely admitted that he is a follower.· But Moore freely admits he has no stomach for the stunts.· Manager Graham freely admits he could never have imagined this threesome getting just one goal between them from six games.· I freely admit that things have changed since, but that was part of the argument.· Now he freely admits to being gay and to having had a stable, loving relationship with another man.
· Can the tobacco industry now afford to breathe freely once again, unlike its customers?
· You tell them that this is the card that they have freely chosen.· Ours was a union of two educated people, a marriage freely chosen.· To address the latter, he suggests a spiritual friend freely chosen and consulted in confidence.· This is especially true when it comfortably serves as a prologue to the life we have freely chosen for ourselves.· The anthropologists have to point again and again to the great many societies in which spouses are arranged and not freely chosen.· The state jury rejected arguments that Richard Boeken had freely chosen to smoke.· A free man, acting freely, choosing freely.· Affective autonomy thus has its source in the social activities of children and are based on freely chosen cooperation.
· A buffet meal is much easier and more sociable, enabling you to circulate freely.· Place them so that air can freely circulate around the back.· Thus a common Zollverein currency was used alongside the numerous other state currencies, which themselves circulated freely everywhere.· Other cell types - leucocytes and blood platelets - spend much of their time circulating freely and thus showing no adhesive interactions.· Avoid very sweaty armpits because sweat quickly decomposes in areas where air does not circulate freely.· Boards should be positioned in storage so that air can circulate freely around both main faces.· The principle is to support the crop above the ground and to allow the air to circulate freely through it.
· Ideas are expressed freely and openly. 8.· Though he was naturally reserved in expressions or gestures of affection, Stewart freely expressed his love in letters to Avon.· It is important that people be encouraged to freely express their concerns.· Feelings and passions are freely expressed and there is plenty of opportunity for the shedding of tears.· They underline the right of migrant workers to express freely their ethnic, cultural, religious and linguistic characteristics.
· This means that water is not composed of individual molecules floating freely around but that the molecules are linked together.· The amount of shares floating freely is tiny.
· In Berlin, Friedrichstrasse meets Zimmerstrasse at a very ordinary road junction across which traffic flows freely.· Cecilia viuda is highly charged emotionally and tears flow freely.· Beer and whisky flowed freely, amid much back-slapping and bonhomie.· But the fountain was flowing freely this morning.· It operates as a conduit for ideas to flow freely throughout an organization.· John Carroll rightly reminded others that Catholic blood had flowed freely during the war.· Again, press smooth so water will flow freely.· In the primary processes of the unconscious system, psychical energy flows freely by means of displacement and condensation.
· Almost all the information they gain is given freely and with the tacit or blind approval of Western governments.· Such arguments show that the instrumental as well as the non-instrumental validations of consent depend on its being freely given.· She was talkative and forthright in her opinions, which she gave freely and often without the qualification for doing so.· He freely gives time for the dying wife, the injured mechanic, the traumatized telephonist.· He gave freely of his services over a wide field of interests.· Comparisons are sometimes made with the growing number of laity who give freely of their time and skills to the Church.· If people give you things, they should give freely, extracting nothing in return.· For all of the help which you have given and continue to give freely we would like to thank you most sincerely.
· These characters would never escape their existential lots, or move freely from one class to another.· But even for those who move freely in this circle of literary classics, Characters still has some problems.· The traffic, even at that time of evening, wasn't good, but at least it was moving freely.· They are apt to talk a great deal with each other and to move freely and purposefully about the space.· One reason is that the lithosphere is not divided into small discrete blocks able to move freely up and down with respect to each other.· Once hot spots and rifting cave created a new border, the plates on either side of it start moving freely.· There are, however, natural systems in which dissolved metals move freely through membranes, irrespective of concentration.· These gnomes would move freely through the earth and were guardians of mines and quarries.
· However, the consequences of allowing cats to roam freely can be environmentally significant.· Ethanol is thus a powerful solvent that can roam freely throughout the body.· Collectivisation in particular is disastrous for nomadic peoples, who need to roam freely to feed their animals on sparse vegetation.· In their place, dozens of sheep, goats, chickens and geese roam freely.
· This runs freely at the end of the lyric composition as finally the speaker explicitly asserts his capacity to sing for love.· Blood was running freely from his nose and dripping in rapid little jots from the point of his chin.· All of the zips run freely.· Tears were running freely down the girl's face.· Rats run freely over the shrouded corpses which lie abandoned in the corridors.· Zips: all the zips run freely on both the fly and the inner.· Zips: all zips run freely and are protected on the flysheet by a weather flap.· Zips: all zips run freely.
· Although it became easier to speak freely at home, only Herzen's periodicals escaped the censor entirely.· She spoke freely about her fears and her hopes to anyone who would listen.· Antony doesn't dare speak freely yet.· Because we think of ourselves as speaking freely, our speech is hard to decode.· I could speak freely to different people - rich and poor, young and old.· I am Professor Challenger, initiator of the expedition, and you may speak freely to me.· But in time you will be more natural with me, and laugh, and speak freely.· It was his job to introduce the four-priest panel and then leave the room so people could speak freely about his pastorate.
· I could afford to spend freely enough on a personal level - which was what confused her, I suppose.· It even stimulates the sacred free market: Lovers spend freely on gifts, travel, clothes and restaurants.· Abbey has spent freely developing other lines, such as online banking and investment services for wealthy customers.
· I suppose Silas is nearby and you're unable to talk freely.· They talked freely to each other.· They made me welcome and gave up their time to talk freely and openly about everything that had happened to them.· Good advisors will act as counselors and create a warm, supportive environment for clients to talk freely.· It meant the freedom to talk freely, discuss matters which could not be voiced within four walls.· Seriously though, I am of the opinion that women need their own space to talk freely without the presence of men.· We talk freely about emotions but do not really stop to think what they are.· He talked freely about quite a number of subjects, but had not once broached the question of being sent ashore.
· Traffic was travelling freely, east and west, along the North Circular Road yesterday.· Ernest Bevin's utopian vision of going to Victoria Station and travelling freely abroad without documents of identity has finally faded.· The eyes can travel freely along the series of dots comprising the line.· He and his wife Mary lived in London, unable to travel freely and even avoided by some of his fellow scientists.
· When a woman's voice is used freely and has power, it can sound and feel like a flow of light.· Of course, in very full and loud tuttis it can be used freely.· But although instruments were freely used they are not clearly differentiated from voices until the Second Book of Symphoniae.· Painting and printing Painting Paint is another material which children need to use freely and creatively.· The court has the power to strike down statutes passed by parliament and provincial legislatures, one it uses freely.· The Lords quite freely use their modest powers to scrutinise and amend non-financial bills sent to them by Tories in the Commons.· True, there were still plenty of pockets of sadism where the whip and the birch were freely used.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► freely admit/acknowledge something
- Contraceptives are freely available without prescription in pharmacies.
- Good relations between partners depend on their sharing equally the work and making their findings freely available to each other.
- It's freely available on the Internet and used as the core of many ISPs' Windows 3.x bundles.
- Nine items that a freely available on both sides of the channel.
- Now that facilities will be freely available and not the subject of constant negotiation we hope that even more undergraduates will participate.
- Services such as cooking, laundry and the education of children are freely available to all.
- She says the files she looked at weren't confidential and were freely available for consultation by any senior member of staff.
- The office facilities which include a duplicator and photocopier are freely available. 4.
- There is no need to have any security inquiry into that document because it uses published, freely available sources.
WORD FAMILYnounfreebiefreedomadverbfreefreelyadjectivefreeverbfree
1without anyone stopping or limiting something: the country’s first freely elected president EU members are allowed to travel freely between member states.talk/speak/write etc freely In France he could write freely, without fear of arrest. We went outside so that we could talk freely without being overheard.2if something moves freely, it moves smoothly and nothing prevents it from doing this: She was breathing freely. If your muscles are tense, blood cannot circulate freely. The injury prevented him from moving freely.3freely available very easy to obtain: Information is freely available on the Internet.4freely admit/acknowledge something to agree that something is true, even though telling the truth is difficult or embarrassing: They freely admitted using the drug.5generously and willingly: She gave freely to charity.