What does the word illiberal mean?
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Illiberally.
Part of speech: adverb
Part of speech: adjective
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Usage examples for illiberal
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King and Gerry introduced a most illiberal and mischievous motion, that the total number of representatives from new states must never be allowed to exceed the total number from the original thirteen. – The Critical Period of American History by John Fiske
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This will scarcely seem an illiberal suspicion to any one, who either watches the workings of his own heart, or who observes, that the faults confessed in these instances are very seldom those, with which the person is most clearly and strongly chargeable. – A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. by William Wilberforce
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In their newly gained liberty they ran to the furthest extreme of unreasonableness; but Cato's ideas were too illiberal for nature. – Roman Women Woman: In All Ages and in All Countries, Volume 2 (of 10) by Alfred Brittain