free-er

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See also: freeer and freeër

English

Adjective

free-er

  1. comparative form of free: more free
    • 1860, Chas W. Thomas, “Madeira—Continued. ”, in Adventures and Observations on the West Coast of Africa, and Its Islands. , New York, N.Y.: Derby & Jackson, , page 445:
      In studying such a phase of humanity, we conclude with Pope, that / “Order is heaven’s first law; and this confest, / Some are, and must be, free-er than the rest, / More rich, more wise; but who infers from hence / That such are happier, shocks all common sense.”
    • 1978, Unity, page 6, column 2:
      Free is an absolute word, but perhaps we may be permitted to ascribe degrees or approximation and say that some people are free-er than others and some most fortunate ones whom we greatly envy are free-est of all. Who in your opinion is free, free-er, or free-est depends on your own interpretation and that depends on your background, beliefs, aspirations, and degree of tolerance.
    • 1983, Theata, volume 11, page 149:
      It is an enormous step for a student fresh out of high school to come to the university because the university is so much “free-er” than high school, and it makes it even harder if the student is from a rural village.
    • 2013, Charles Stross, Neptune’s Brood: A Space Opera, New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, published 2014, →ISBN, page 242:
      To be a monarch, as opposed to merely a rich, free, autonome required one to be free-er than those around one.

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