freely

adjective
frē'lē

Generous; noble; excellent; beautiful; lovely.

Example sentences

“It's not consent unless it's given freely.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“Trust must be earned, not given freely.”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Old English "frēolīc".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “freely” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.