FREE'LY, adverb 1. At liberty; without vassalage, slavery or dependence. 2. Without restraint, constraint or compulsion; voluntarily. To render a moral agent accountable, he must act freely 3. Plentifully; in abundance; as, to eat or drink freely 4. Without scruple or reserve; as, to censure freely 5. Without impediment or hinderance. Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat. Genesis 2:16. 6. Without necessity, or compulsion from divine predetermination. Freely they stood who stood, and fell who fell. 7. Without obstruction; largely; copiously. The patient bled freely 8. Spontaneously; without constraint or persuasion. 9. Liberally; generously; as, to give freely to the poor. 10. Gratuitously; of free will or grace, with out purchase or consideration. Freely ye have received, freely give. Matthew 10:8.
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