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FREELY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a free manner
Example:
the painting featured freely brushed strokes
Classified under:
Pertainym:
free (not limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint)
Context examples:
Often refers to the arrangement of the side groups on a molecule which can freely rotate into different positions without breaking any bonds.
(Conformation, NCI Thesaurus)
“As to the King,” said he, “of course, I am l’ami de famille there; and even with you I can scarce speak freely, as my relations are confidential.”
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I repeat I freely consent to go with you as your fellow-missionary, but not as your wife; I cannot marry you and become part of you.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Mice showed a strong preference for spending time in the reward quadrant, freely choosing to spend more than 70 percent of their time in this area.
(New Findings Reveal Surprising Role of the Cerebellum in Reward and Social Behaviors, National Institutes of Health)
He had been lucky in his profession; but spending freely, what had come freely, had realized nothing.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
Without DNA damage, this complex moves freely through the nucleus.
(DNA Excision Repair Protein ERCC-4, NCI Thesaurus)
Yes, I have been using myself up rather too freely, he remarked, in answer to my look rather than to my words; I have been a little pressed of late.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
While eating freely, mice were infected with the bacterium Yersinia pseudotuberculosis.
(Memory T cells shelter in bone marrow, boosting immunity in mice with restricted diets, National Institutes of Health)
Love covers a multitude of sins, and of whom could you ask more freely than of him?
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
This is my intimate friend and associate, Dr. Watson, before whom you can speak as freely as before myself.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
