illiberally

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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

In support of the calumny, passages of the Faerie Queene have been cited, in which the poet has been interpreted as literally and as illiberally as the courtier.

From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by Stebbing, W. (William)

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

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

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