illiberally
Example Sentences
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It would not do to act illiberally towards a man who combined a knowledge of seafaring with Italian literature, and who had evidently arrived, however unacademically, at certain original judgments and criteria of life.
From Aliens by William McFee
But, as such, I am a Christian; so, and most piously, yet not illiberally, is the Bishop.'
From The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Fanny Burney
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 Chester E. Jorgenson
Some people have very illiberally reported that Captain Phipps did not proceed as far as he might have done upon that expedition.
From The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Rudolf Erich Raspe
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 Wirt Sikes
