illiberally

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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 Raspe, Rudolf Erich

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.

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 McFee, William

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

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