freely

«freely» in Mova's school dictionary: without being stopped, held back or controlled — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (freely)

meaning for a pupil

1) Freely means without being stopped, held back or controlled. tree →

2) Freely means without having to pay. tree →

3) Freely means openly and willingly, like admitting something freely. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, freely moving particles in a gas or water flowing freely; in history and citizenship, people being able to speak and vote freely. Phrases: «move freely», «speak freely», «freely available», «freely admit».

examples

• The birds flew freely in the sky. tree →
• In a gas, particles move freely. tree →
• You can speak freely here. tree →
• Water flows freely when the drain is clear. tree →
• The leaflets are freely available at the library. tree →
• He freely admitted that he broke the vase. tree →
• The dogs ran freely on the beach. tree →
• Robbers and smugglers could breathe freely here. tree →

note

From «free» + «-ly». Note: «free» can mean costs nothing or not held back; «freely» covers both, but «for free» is the usual phrase for no cost.

In the corpora

• The Mongols let people of many religions worship freely, including Buddhists, Muslims and Christians, which helped them rule many different peoples.
• A fair swap is one both people agree to freely; forcing someone with a threat is bullying, not trading.
• Volunteering means giving time freely, for example visiting lonely people or cleaning up the area.
• And the LORD God commanded the man, saying: 'Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat;
• Happy are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth freely the feet of the ox and the ass.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «freely» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.