Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The fact or quality of being illiberal or ungenerous; narrowness of mind; uncharitableness; meanness.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The state or quality of being illiberal; narrowness of mind; meanness; niggardliness.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun uncountable The condition of being illiberal
  • noun countable An illiberal word or action

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a disposition not to be liberal (generous) with money

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Examples

  • When such illiberality is made public (by myself or anyone else who wishes to post), I for one would appreciate a response that clearly deals with the issue under discussion and NOT the character of the person making the remarks.

    Concerning Criticism 2005

  • When such illiberality is made public (by myself or anyone else who wishes to post), I for one would appreciate a response that clearly deals with the issue under discussion and NOT the character of the person making the remarks.

    Concerning Criticism 2005

  • When such illiberality is made public (by myself or anyone else who wishes to post), I for one would appreciate a response that clearly deals with the issue under discussion and NOT the character of the person making the remarks.

    Concerning Criticism 2005

  • When such illiberality is made public (by myself or anyone else who wishes to post), I for one would appreciate a response that clearly deals with the issue under discussion and NOT the character of the person making the remarks.

    Concerning Criticism 2005

  • When such illiberality is made public (by myself or anyone else who wishes to post), I for one would appreciate a response that clearly deals with the issue under discussion and NOT the character of the person making the remarks.

    Concerning Criticism 2005

  • When such illiberality is made public (by myself or anyone else who wishes to post), I for one would appreciate a response that clearly deals with the issue under discussion and NOT the character of the person making the remarks.

    Concerning Criticism 2005

  • When such illiberality is made public (by myself or anyone else who wishes to post), I for one would appreciate a response that clearly deals with the issue under discussion and NOT the character of the person making the remarks.

    Concerning Criticism 2005

  • When such illiberality is made public (by myself or anyone else who wishes to post), I for one would appreciate a response that clearly deals with the issue under discussion and NOT the character of the person making the remarks.

    Concerning Criticism 2005

  • When such illiberality is made public (by myself or anyone else who wishes to post), I for one would appreciate a response that clearly deals with the issue under discussion and NOT the character of the person making the remarks.

    Concerning Criticism 2005

  • When such illiberality is made public (by myself or anyone else who wishes to post), I for one would appreciate a response that clearly deals with the issue under discussion and NOT the character of the person making the remarks.

    Concerning Criticism 2005

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