freer

¹

[ free-er ]

noun

1. a person or thing that frees.

freer

²

[ free-er ]

adjective

1. comparative of free.

Word History and Origins

Origin of freer¹

First recorded in 1600–10; free + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Trump’s return to the White House is thought likely to give Israel a freer hand to strike targets in Iran - like oil and nuclear facilities - that the Biden administration said were off limits.

From BBC

That trust, Schwesinger said, has allowed him to play freer and faster.

From Los Angeles Times

If it’s Trump, he “might give Israel an even freer hand in Gaza and elsewhere, and has intimated he could try to cut a Ukraine deal with Moscow over Kyiv’s head.”

From BBC

While dissenters are swiftly shut down or in some cases arrested in the name of social stability, nationalist bloggers are allowed a freer rein, despite their sometimes inflammatory rhetoric.

From BBC

Maybe that — the fear of and desire to destroy the Black Radical Tradition that is responsible for making America freer than it originally was — is the stem that grounds criticism of Coates here.

From Salon

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