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LIBERALLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a generous manner
Example:
he gave liberally to several charities
Synonyms:
generously; liberally; munificently
Classified under:
Pertainym:
liberal (given or giving freely)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Freely in a nonliteral manner
Example:
he embellished his stories liberally
Classified under:
Pertainym:
liberal (not literal)
Context examples:
Miss Temple is full of goodness; it pains her to be severe to any one, even the worst in the school: she sees my errors, and tells me of them gently; and, if I do anything worthy of praise, she gives me my meed liberally.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Mr. Wickham is the son of a very respectable man, who had for many years the management of all the Pemberley estates, and whose good conduct in the discharge of his trust naturally inclined my father to be of service to him; and on George Wickham, who was his godson, his kindness was therefore liberally bestowed.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Amid the cares and the complacency which his own children suggested, Sir Thomas did not forget to do what he could for the children of Mrs. Price: he assisted her liberally in the education and disposal of her sons as they became old enough for a determinate pursuit; and Fanny, though almost totally separated from her family, was sensible of the truest satisfaction in hearing of any kindness towards them, or of anything at all promising in their situation or conduct.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
We feasted that evening as on nectar and ambrosia; and not the least delight of the entertainment was the smile of gratification with which our hostess regarded us, as we satisfied our famished appetites on the delicate fare she liberally supplied.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
