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freely: in freedom, with absolute possession of one's privileges, &c. Mer.V. III. ii. 250 “I must have the half” . . . ., Tw.N. I. iv. 39 “thou shalt live as as thy lord, To call his fortunes thine.” ∥ The more usual meanings are ‘unreservedly, readily, willingly’, ‘frankly, openly’, ‘without hindrance’, ‘generously, liberally.’
A Shakespeare Glossary. C. T. Onions. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1911.
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