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Freely

adv.kind, hopefuleveryday

What it means

Willingly, openly, or without unfair restriction.

Reach for it when describing willing, open action without unfair restriction

The mentor freely shared every technique she had learned.

Choose between these

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  • warm

    generously

    large willing giving is central

    not when Generously describes amount or spirit, not freedom of access.

  • warm

    willingly

    voluntary choice is the essential point

    not when Willingly does not mean without legal or practical restriction.

  • professional

    openly

    information or feeling is not concealed

    not when Openly can occur under pressure.

  • professional

    voluntarily

    no compulsion caused the action

    not when Voluntary action may still be tightly regulated.

  • professional

    without restraint

    absence of restriction must be explicit

    not when The phrase can sound absolute and ignore legitimate limits.

  • formal

    liberally

    something is given in generous quantity

    not when Liberally can mean broadly rather than voluntarily.

Said against

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  • reluctantly
  • secretly
  • under compulsion

It naturally appears in

3
  • speak freely

    Participants could speak freely without interruption.

  • freely available

    The guide is freely available online.

  • give freely

    Neighbors continued to give freely.

The word family

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Where this comes from

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