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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
liberally
adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
liberally sprinkled
▪ The book is liberally sprinkled with clichés.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
sprinkle
▪ Nuclear plants are sprinkled liberally across the capital, with a particularly dense clump in the northern suburbs.
▪ My next target was the deck chair area, which was liberally sprinkled with coins.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Apply sunscreen liberally to all exposed skin.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Fixed parts should be painted liberally with cold oven cleaner gel and left to stand.
▪ In my mind's eye, your body is liberally smeared with a mixture of walnut oil and Nutella spread.
▪ One was the detestation by the liberally oriented of religious paternalism, a mild form of anti-clericalism.
▪ She saw the names of prominent corporate donors mentioned liberally throughout the library and recoiled.
▪ The attention of both reactionary and liberally inclined noblemen focused upon the need to establish a new basis for local government.
▪ The unity of place is always liberally interpreted.
▪ Those who want a more complete picture of Kelly must consult the hefty, liberally illustrated catalog.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Liberally

Liberally \Lib"er*al*ly\, adv. In a liberal manner.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
liberally

late 14c., "generously, munificently," from liberal (adj.) + -ly (2). Meaning "freely" is c.1500.

Wiktionary
liberally

adv. In a liberal manner, generously or in accordance with political views associated with the liberals.

WordNet
liberally
  1. adv. freely in a nonliteral manner; "he embellished his stories liberally"

  2. in a generous manner; "he gave liberally to several charities" [syn: munificently, generously]

Usage examples of "liberally".

He advertised liberally, profusely, but with extraordinary shrewdness, and with a method which is in itself a lesson to all who seek business by that perfectly legitimate means.

The Hungarians, who ambitiously insert the name of Attila among their native kings, may affirm with truth that the hordes, which were subject to his uncle Roas, or Rugilas, had formed their encampments within the limits of modern Hungary, in a fertile country, which liberally supplied the wants of a nation of hunters and shepherds.

When the minuets stopped the square dances began, and refreshments were liberally handed round.

Luster in a nightshirt, his face unshaven and liberally spotted with calamine lotion.

Uncertain as to who had been present at the dinner-party, Honoria believed that each gentleman who looked at her was mentally charging her with the shame of that midnight esclandre, and saw in the meaning smiles and nods which, upon her entrance, were liberally bestowed upon her, only veiled insolence or contemptuous wonder.

The Englishman, whose right eye was nearly closed, took his corner where he was liberally drenched with water and when the bell went came on gamey and brimful of pluck, confident of knocking out the fistic Eblanite in jigtime.

I had done a good deal in saving him from justice, and, besides, I had rewarded him liberally for all the special services he had done me.

The bridegroom, Reland, had toasted more liberally than many of the others and was sluggish and slow as he braced his broad hands on the table and pushed himself to his feet.

Its barbarous inhabitants wanted both skill and patience to investigate those rich veins of silver, which have so liberally rewarded the attention of the princes of Brunswick and Saxony.

Minalde stepped forward quickly, holding out her hand, heedless of the dust that daubed the hems of her faded peasant skirt and liberally smutched the baby Prince in her arms.

He was a Free Soiler and an Abolitionist, liberally contributing to the Sanitary Commission, and to all agencies for the benefit of the soldiers and the successful prosecution of the war.

Shortly afterwards, he received an answer written on a page torn from an exercise book, in a twiddly hand, the sentences liberally interspersed with exclamation-marks that looked like caraway-seeds sprinkled on a bun, and the whole ornamented with tear blots.

For trouble she maun hae, and trouble she wull get--I thank my God, who giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not!

The police chief had reluctantly told him that the police, liberally sprinkled with Nazis who had been restored to their posts in accordance with the Berchtesgaden ultimatum, could no longer be counted on by the government.

The cold was climbing up his legs, and his breeches were misery to wear: wet and clinging and clammy, and liberally beslimed with mud and unidentifiable swamp-muck.