illiberally
Example Sentences
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There is not a municipal authority of any importance in the country in which a proposal to stamp out the theatre, or even to treat it illiberally, would have a chance of adoption.
From The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet by Shaw, Bernard
The practice was even extended, most illiberally and unjustly, to the graves of old maids, who certainly needed no such insult added to their injury.
From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Sikes, Wirt
I don't want to be unjustly accused of dealing illiberally or unfairly with an adversary, either in court or in a political canvass or anywhere else.
From The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 4 The Lincoln-Douglas debates by Lincoln, Abraham
But, however illiberally stated, it is in all probability just, though for a reason unknown to Cook.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Kerr, Robert
Considering the popular excesses in the colonies, Franklin's view was anything but illiberally radical.
From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Jorgenson, Chester E.
