freehandedly

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English

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Etymology

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From freehanded +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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freehandedly (comparative more freehandedly, superlative most freehandedly)

  1. In a freehanded manner.
    • 2007, James B. Stiehl, Werner H. Konermann, Rolf G. Haaker, Navigation and MIS in Orthopedic Surgery, →ISBN, page 91:
      We currently prefer to position this cutting guide freehandedly, without any supports, which means shorter cutaneous incisions can be made.
    • 2008, Günter Bischof, Fritz Plasser, The Changing Austrian Voter, →ISBN:
      In 1945 the Allies noted with surprise how quickly the reconstitution of state authority and the organization of elections were implemented by Karl Renner's provisional government, a government moreover that had been installed freehandedly by the Soviet Union without the consent of the Western Allies.
    • 2009, David L. Simmons, Bob White, →ISBN, page 30:
      Consequently, Jim Crow aided hooch to flow freehandedly in the Baptist Bottom.