freely Copy link Outline I. Without restraint1. lībĕrē2. sŏlūtē (usu. joined with another adv.)II. Liberally, amply1. largē2. cōpiōsē (plentifully)3. affătim4. prōlixē (amply and spontaneously)III. Of one's own free willIV. Not precisely; with latitude • freely: I. Without restraint: 1. lībĕrē: in most senses: the soul set at liberty by sleep, moves without restraint and f., animus somno relaxatus solute movetur et l., Cic. Div. 2, 48, 100: to breathe f., l. respirare, Cic. R. Am. 8, 22: power to live more f., liberius vivendi potestas, Ter. Andr. 1, 1, 25: to speak too f., liberius loqui, Cic.: Caes. (v. frankly): the earth yielded all things more f., tellus omnia liberius ferebat, Virg. (v. liberally). 2. sŏlūtē (usu. joined with another adv.): Cic. (v. supr. 1): to speak f. and pleasantly, s. et suaviter dicere, Cic. Br. 29, 110: to speak more f. and readily, solutius promptiusque eloqui, Tac.: the judge follows equity more f., judex solutius aequitatem sequitur, Ulp. Dig. 11, 7, 14, fin. II. Liberally, amply: 1. largē: piling on the logs f. upon the fire, ligna super foco l. reponens, Hor.: v. bountifully. 2. cōpiōsē (plentifully): his suite ate and drank f., οἱ περὶ αὐτὸν copiose (sc. ederunt et biberunt), Cic. Att. 13, 52: cf. ib., edit et bibit ἀδεὼς et jucunde. Comp. (TO MAKE) FREE WITH (II.). 3. affătim: v. abundantly. 4. prōlixē (amply and spontaneously): to promise f., p. promittere, Cic. Fam. 7, 5, ad med.: to answer (give in their names) by no means f., parum p. respondere, Cic. Att. 7, 14: Ter. Join: prolixe profuseque; largius prolixiusque, Gell. (N.B.--The word is appy. somewhat colloquial.) III. Of one's own free will: sponte, ultro: v. voluntarily. IV. Not precisely; with latitude: lātē: to speak loosely and f., fuse l.que dicere, Cic. Or. 32, 113.