free-est

See also: freeest and freeëst

English

Adjective

free-est

  1. superlative form of free: most free
    • 1761, “The Letters of Mademoiselle Ninon de l’Enclos to the Marquis de Sevigné”, in “a Lady”, transl., The Memoirs of Ninon de l’Enclos, with Her Letters to Monsr de St Evremond and to the Marquis de Sevigné, volume I, London: […] R. and J. Dodsley, […], letter X, page 220:
      This is the free-eſt letter in the whole ſet; and yet, is there ſcarce a paragraph in it that might not ſupply a theſis for a boarding-ſchool lecture?
    • 1982, Charles Jencks, Free-Style Classicism, page 37, column 1:
      In the sense that I have been using the term, Tigerman’s classicism is ultimately the free-est of Free Style because it selects and combines from all systems without restraints (even those of good taste, it need hardly be added).
    • 2007, Max Comfort, “Obeying Ourselves”, in FreeDress for Success: A Businessman’s Guide to Sartorial Disarmament, Dana Point, Calif.: Pandit Press, →ISBN, page 93:
      The Aikido master is “loosely dressed” in clothing that in no way restricts his or her ability to respond and move in the free-est way possible.

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