freewheeling
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6.3
- adjective
- /ˈfriːˌwiːlɪŋ/
- Informal
:
desenfadado
- Interestingly, our crisis mode created a board culture that allowed for a freewheeling brainstorming style that gave us permission to think, work, and speak "outside the agenda."
- freewheeling discussion
- freewheeling style
- freewheeling atmosphere
And one of the things about it is this itself is a change where China used to be super freewheeling on IP.
- And one of the things about it is this itself is a change where China used to be super freewheeling on IP.
- The thing I think that people struggle with, and I could see where somebody, especially from a military background, might struggle with, is how freewheeling it is.
Examples
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Why it is impossible to believe both in real equality and in freewheeling debate is something that I do not understand.
Academic text (1992) -
Seems like we'll have an opening here on the show for a girl just as fun-loving, but maybe not quite as freewheeling.
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The annual investment fast-pitch competition has a reputation for being more fun and freewheeling than many similar entrepreneurial showcases.
Blog text (14) -
She'd been born Pentecostal, and the freewheeling services, in which the Spirit could move anyone to preach, testify, and speak in tongues, were second nature.
Fiction book (2002) -
His first novel, Cadenza, for the Schneidermann Violin Concerto, is a wild, wide-ranging, freewheeling, and ultimately lonely work that speaks to the most crucial aspirations of literary fiction's much-maligned "experimental" genre.
Academic text (2007) -
The artist's freewheeling approach to painting allows her to create unique and vibrant artwork.
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His freewheeling lifestyle often led him to unexpected adventures and new experiences.
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They enjoyed a freewheeling discussion, where everyone shared their ideas without restrictions.
Synonyms
41
2.9
Not feeling worried or responsible
12
6.1
A person who is cheerful and does not worry about future problems
4
8.1
Not caring about danger or the bad results of actions
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6.0
Lively and full of fun, making people laugh
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6.9
Free to travel or live without many responsibilities
Acting cheerful and not careful about work or duties
Careless and lively in a way that causes trouble
Antonyms
How Carefree
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Freewheeling comes from free + wheel, imagining a wheel that turns 'without being pushed' or 'free to turn'. So, a freewheeling person or style moves easily and without strict rules, like a wheel that rolls on its own.