I want to live carefree/carefreely?

[sevas1994]

Hi there,

I know carefree is an adjective and we are supposed to use an adverb (carefreely) with the verb "live", but somehow "live carefree" sounds more natural, but I still want to know which one is correct. I'd be more than happy if you indicated whether you speak English as your first language or not.

Thanks in advance.

 

[bhaisahab]

'Carefreely' doesn't exist. It is not an English word.

 

[Rover_KE]

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[kadioguy]

Hi there,

I know carefree is an adjective and we are supposed to use an adverb (carefreely) with the verb "live", but somehow "live carefree" sounds more natural...

Both 'live carefreely' and 'live carefree' sound unnatural. You can say 'live a carefree life'.

See

https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/carefree?q=carefree
Example sentence #2

https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/live_1
Definition #2

 

[GoesStation]

Both 'live carefreely' and 'live carefree' sound unnatural. You can say 'live a carefree life'.

Kadioguy, you have made some progress in your English since you joined the forum, but your English is not nearly at the level where you can confidently judge whether a phrase sounds natural or not.

 

[kadioguy]

Kadioguy, you have made some progress in your English since you joined the forum, but your English is not nearly at the level where you can confidently judge whether a phrase sounds natural or not.

I am sorry. I said so just because I looked up dictionaries before, and I didn't see something like "live carefree" in them. The most phrases I could see are a carefree attitude, the carefree days, looked happy and carefree, etc.

However, I should have been more cautious. I should have said, "After looking up dictionaries, I don't see something like [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]'live carefree'. But I would [/FONT]recommend[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif] you can say [/FONT]'live a carefree life'".

 

[emsr2d2]

I am sorry. I said so just because I looked up "live carefree" in dictionaries [STRIKE]before,[/STRIKE] and I didn't see [STRIKE]something[/STRIKE] anything like it [STRIKE]"live carefree"[/STRIKE] in them. The [STRIKE]most[/STRIKE] closest phrases I could see are a carefree attitude, the carefree days, looked happy and carefree, etc.

However, I should have been more cautious. I should have said, [STRIKE]"After looking[/STRIKE] "I looked "live carefree" up in dictionaries but I [STRIKE]don't see[/STRIKE] didn't find [STRIKE]something[/STRIKE] anything like it. [STRIKE]'live carefree'.[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]But[/STRIKE] I would recommend that you [STRIKE]can[/STRIKE] say 'live a carefree life'".

See above. Had you posted what you now say you "should have said", we would have had to spend time correcting it. I've had to spend time correcting it anyway, as it turns out.

 

[kadioguy]

See above. Had you posted what you now say you "should have said", we would have had to spend time correcting it. I've had to spend time correcting it anyway, as it turns out.

I will remember what you have corrected for my sentences. I hope someday I will be able to help you answer other member's questions, instead of increasing your work loads.

 

[emsr2d2]

I will remember what you have corrected [STRIKE]for[/STRIKE] in my sentences. I hope someday I will be able to help you answer other [STRIKE]member's[/STRIKE] members' questions, instead of increasing your [STRIKE]work loads[/STRIKE] ​workloads.

We hope so too. For now, concentrate on learning.