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liberally, adv.|ˈlɪbərəlɪ|
[f. liberal a. + -ly2.]
In a liberal manner.
1. As befits a gentleman or man of culture. (Cf. liberal a. 1.)
1711Steele Spect. No. 157 ⁋4 A certain Hardness and Ferocity which some Men, tho' liberally educated, carry about them in all their Behaviour. 1900Longm. Mag. Oct. 591 Not to know Queen Anne's wits and their works is not to be liberally educated.
2. Bountifully, freely, generously.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 181 William.. liberally rewarded..went aȝen to Normandye. c1489Caxton Blanchardyn xliii. 168 Blanchardyn..right lyberaly graunted to hym his requeste. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 147 b, Whiche..mynistreth to theyr neyghbours liberally suche goodes..as they haue receyued of god. c1620Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 49 For such a one they lib'rally will give. 1682Norris Hierocles 119 How can God, though of his own nature never so liberally disposed, give to him who has liberty of asking, and yet does not? 1811Scott Prose Wks. IV. Biographies (1870) II. 165 His..poetic talents were..liberally exerted for the support of this undertaking. 1843Prescott Mexico (1850) I. 284 Promises, and even gold,..were liberally lavished. 1848C. Brontë J. Eyre vi. (1873) 53 And, if I do anything worthy of praise, she gives me my meed liberally. 1885Sir H. Cotton in Law Times Rep. LIII. 481/2 The bill..is one which the clients are not bound to pay unless they are minded to deal liberally with the solicitors.
b. Without stint; abundantly, amply, plentifully.
1509Hawes Past. Pleas. xxvii. (Percy Soc.) 131 With golden droppes so lyberally indewed. 1585C. Fetherstone tr. Calvin on Acts vi. 2 Their windowes were not so liberallie relieued. 1612Drayton Poly-olb. i. 123 That vertue which she could not liberallie impart Shee striveth to amend by her owne proper Art. 1709Strype Ann. Ref. (1824) I. ii. lv. 345 As they were both riding home from a treat, at which they had drunk liberally. a1713T. Ellwood Autobiog. (1714) 63 He spared not to blame him liberally for it. 1809Med. Jrnl. XXI. 23 Acid fruits should be liberally offered. 1860Dickens Uncomm. Trav. iv, It was not by any means a savage pantomime..; was often very droll; was always liberally got up, and cleverly presented. 1884Mil. Engineering I. ii. 111 After allowing liberally for casualties during the advance.
†3. Chiefly with reference to speech: Without reserve or restraint; freely; often, with unbecoming freedom, insolently, licentiously. Also, without constraint; voluntarily. Obs.
a1533Ld. Berners Gold. Bk. M. Aurel. (1546) Q vj, Your daughter may speke lyberally with hir cousyns. 1535Act 27 Hen. VIII, c. 3 The Mayre..shall..suffre all thinhabitauntes..lyberally and freely without interrupcion..to.. bringe their saide hearinges. 1568Mary Q. of Scots Let. in H. Campbell Love Lett. (1824) App. 301 Thay would have persuadit me be craft to have liberallie dimittit my crown. 1614J. Cooke Tu Quoque C 1 b, Had mine owne brother spoke thus liberally, My fury should haue taught him better manners. 1646Bp. Maxwell Burd. Issach. 32 Some may thinke, I speake liberally; God forbid I should doe it.
†b. In a lax or loose manner. Obs.
1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. i. 109 Vthiris in the meine tyme leiuet sa liberallie. |