Freer

[Astro Pen]

Does anyone use 'freer' rather than "more free". I have a piece in which I want to use 'freer' but it although technically and read aloud it is fine it looks weird on the page.


for example:

"A heart, now freer, glides the night winds."
vs
"A heart, now more free, glides the night winds."

 

[The Judge]

It does look a bit odd but I think that's because it's not often used so we're not accustomed to seeing it -- in prose I'd probably go for something like "She had more freedom" which is more accurate, perhaps. But "freer" is perfectly correct as the comparative, and even if "more free" were right it just doesn't work with the rhythm of that line which is so poetic, so don't worry, just use it!

 

[Wayne Mack]

I usually use the online Oxford Dictionary as a reference. It lists freer as valid. Free | Definition of Free by Oxford Dictionary on Lexico.com also meaning of Free

 

[AE35Unit]

Sometimes yes

 

[CTRandall]

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[Topher]

I used it in my phd, part of which was about freedom. It's used relatively commonly in the philosophical literature, although I agree it can look odd on the page!

 

[AE35Unit]

Btw I wasn't mocking the LGBTQ community, it was a serious suggestion.

 

[paranoid marvin]

I suppose there are different levels of freedom. 'Freer' to me suggests something that is more free than something else, but which is (to some extent) still constrained; otherwise it would be 'free'. Is this the intention?