go-as-you-please
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.47 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Freestyle (of a race, especially a walking race); hence, (more generally) unconstrained by convention, loose, easy.
noun
A go-as-you-please race; hence, a free-for-all; laissez-faire, a relaxed atmosphere.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "‘Well, that was far too much for me, and I went off on a go-as-you-please round the bloomin’ room.’"
- "Here he was just over forty, and explaining […] how excellent was the backwardness of Essex and English go-as-you-please, and how through good temper it made in some mysterious way for all that was desirable."
Usage
Inflected Forms
more go-as-you-please (comparative)
most go-as-you-please (superlative)