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.
FREELY Copy link • FREELYlibere: solute. To confess or acknowledge freely, ingenue confiteri: to say it freely, libere profiteri: to speak it freely, libere dicere, loqui, vociferari; libero ore loqui: to speak too freely about anybody, vocis libertate perstringere aliquem: to speak too freely against anybody, libertate intemperantius invehi in aliquem: I will freely tell you what I think (of it), dicam ex animo, quod sentio; quid ipse sentiam, vere, ingenue, aperte, ex animi sententia dicam: to speak freely, ne mentiar; si quaeris, or quaeritis, or quaerimus; si verum scire vis; ut ingenue or aperte dicam: to breathe freely, spiritus libere meat (PROP.); libere respirare (IMPROP.): I can now breathe freely again, *nunc molestis negotiis expeditus sum (I have got rid of vexatious business), or *jam libere respirare possum (libere respirare, Cic.). Copiously; e.g., to drink freely, plurimum bibere (to be given to drink); plus paullo adhibere (Ter., Heaut., 2, 1, 8): to confer honors too freely, in decernendis honoribus nimium esse et tamquam prodigum (Cic.). Liberally, large: liberaliter. (The words are found in this connection and order.) large liberaliterque, benigne: munifice: munifice et large. Without compulsion, of one’s own free will; Vid: “As a FREE agent” (3, end).