Master confusing words with ease
Free vs. Freely
Free
/friː/Examples:
The cookie is free.Do you have free time tomorrow?
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Freely
/ˈfriːli/Examples:
Feel free to speak freely here.She danced freely in the open field.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Free can be both an adjective and an adverb, while freely is only an adverb.
- You use free to describe something without cost or restriction.
- Freely is used when referring to actions done without constraints.
- Think of free as describing the state of something, while freely describes the manner of doing something.
- Freely often implies an abundance or openness, whereas free indicates no charge or lack of bindings.
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