Freewheeling

Quick meaning: Freewheeling is an adjective meaning Unbounded by rules or conventions; unrestrained.

Meaning

Unbounded by rules or conventions; unrestrained.

More Meanings

1. present participle and gerund of freewheel.

Example Sentences

We are confident that such a provision will be drafted such that it will not allow the President to vitiate the intent of the bill through "freewheeling" negotiations.

To begin with, the advisory panel did not operate in the freewheeling fashion that the plaintiff's brief seems to suggest. There was not a disregard by SIDG [Subsystems Integration Design Group] of the contractual implications of the action that it was generating.

De Mandat-Grancey's interest in America was whetted further by a dashing and somewhat mysterious ex-Confederate soldier named Gifford F. Parker. […] Later, the Baron found this freewheeling soldier of fortune living as a nabob merchant in Hong Kong; and yet again the two met in Paris.

In the movie industry, the promise of windfall profits at the box office had encouraged his freewheeling spending. Now [David O.] Selznick feared that the entire budget for Light's Diamond Jubilee would barely cover his company's typical operating expenses during the months of production.

Word Forms

• free-wheeling

Synonyms for freewheeling

Depending on context, synonyms include unrestrained, devil-may-care, carefree, harum-scarum, slaphappy, irresponsible.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include carefree, unrestrained, happy-go-lucky, irresponsible, devil-may-care, harum-scarum.

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