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 Mons^r de S^t 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.

Anagrams

• efreets, reefest, set free