I have this sentence in one of my N1 practice books, but I am not really sure
how to translate this one:

不況のせいでリストラされたので、しばらくげっそり自由を楽しむことにした。

げっそり translate to 'being disheartened' - how to translate げっそり自由
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translation adverbs
げっそり自由 meaning?
げっそり自由 is strange.こっそり自由(家族に対して) is natural. こっそり's meaning is hiding for
something.げっそり is used like "げっそり痩せた".
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> 「[不況]{ふきょう}のせいでリストラされたので、しばらく（ ）[自由]{じゆう}を[楽]{たの}しむことにした。」
>
> "Since I was laid off owing to the recession, I have decided to enjoy my
> freedom **~~~~ly** for a while."

There are dozens of words in Japanese that take the form of 「 **〇っ〇り** 」
(second kana is the small っ). Over 95% of those are adverbs and many have an
onomatopoeic quality to them.

A few **〇っ〇り** -words could certainly be used to fill in the blank in the
sentence above, but unfortunately, 「 **げっそり** 」 is _**not**_ one of them even
if your book said it was.

「げっそり」 means "dejectedly", "disheartenedly", etc. It just does not go well
with the verb 「楽しむ」 = "to enjoy". That is, unless this is supposed to be some
kind of a joke.

The possible 〇っ〇り-words would include 「ゆっくり」 (leisurely)、「ひっそり」 (quietly)
、「しっかり」 (surely), etc.
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