Freely vs Largely - What's the difference?
freely | largely | Synonyms |
Free; frank.
Generous; noble; excellent; beautiful; lovely.
In a free manner.
Without interference or restriction.
Of one's own free will.
In a widespread or large manner.
For the most part; mainly or chiefly.
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*:"Grand!" he said, smacking his lips after wormwood. "Grand!" And he exhorted the children to try.
(obsolete) Fully, at great length.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.ii:
Freely is a synonym of largely.
As adverbs the difference between freely and largely
is that freely is in a free manner while largely is in a widespread or large manner.As an adjective freely
is free; frank.freely
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) frely, freelich, from (etyl) .Alternative forms
* (l) (Scotland)Adjective
(en-adj)Derived terms
*Etymology 2
From (etyl) frely, freliche, from (etyl) .Adverb
(en adverb)- Wine was flowing freely .
- I will freely help you.
largely
English
Adverb
(en-adv)- Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get; what you get is classical alpha-taxonomy which is, very largely and for sound reasons, in disrepute today.
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- Usually there was a jug of one or other decoction standing on the hob, from which he drank largely .
- It ill beseemes a knight of gentle sort, / Such as ye haue him boasted, to beguile / A simple mayd, and worke so haynous tort, / In shame of knighthood, as I largely can report.