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

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

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.

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

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