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

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

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, 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 Burney, Fanny