His illiberally biased way of thinking. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
And maybe, at times, you have to act illiberally to do that. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-02-01] Reference
When considered in this way, there is a strong case for saying that this so-called liberal state is acting illiberally. From Wordnik.com. [Clegg and Cameron's illiberal 'Big Liberal Society'] Reference
You are now but nineteen, an age at which most of your countrymen are illiberally getting drunk in port, at the university. From Wordnik.com. [Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman] Reference
Bounty; and from the same Way of Thinking, where there is little Hope of such Consequences, Men give more coldly and illiberally. From Wordnik.com. [A Dialogue Between Dean Swift and Tho. Prior, Esq. In the Isles of St. Patrick's Church, Dublin, On that Memorable Day, October 9th, 1753] Reference
The coalition deal has seen the party perform U-turns on budget cuts; a full review of Trident and, perhaps most illiberally, will see Lib Dem MPs support a cap on non-EU immigration. From Wordnik.com. [Shortlists are the least-bad option for the white, male Lib Dems] Reference
It cannot be said we behaved illiberally in our treatment of Mexico, the position of the parties considered; for we might have taken twice as much of her land as we did take, and not have paid her a farthing: and we paid her. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860] Reference
Secondly, for the posers sitting in climate controlled boxes be it liberal or illiberally playing whinolins of conjecture concering whether or not one out of the six billion chaps here on the planet is allowed to ride bicycles in events. From Wordnik.com. [Coming Back to Haunt You: Scary Faces and Spiky Bikes] Reference
This insinuation was repelled by the opposition as unjust and illiberal, but in the same breath they acted as unjustly and illiberally, by falling upon Willis, the Tory doctor, and accusing him with uttering false oracles and predictions of amendment, which were merely meant to serve the purposes of Pitt and his party. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria] Reference
Their turbulence had manifestly increased from the time of the American war, when the Irish volunteers had been allowed to arm themselves; and, "whether acting wisely or unwisely, liberally or illiberally -- whether granting concessions or withholding them, nearly every act of government had tended to augment the disaffection.". From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria] Reference
But, however illiberally stated, it is in all probability just, though for a reason unknown to. From Wordnik.com. [A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16] Reference
I cannot believe that people who call themselves liberal can act so illiberally as to endeavour to stifle independence. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Hogarth's Will] Reference
These reflections arise continually on my reading the newspapers, where your actions are so freely canvassed and so illiberally censured. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Complete] Reference
I don't want to be unjustly accused of dealing illiberally or unfairly with an adversary, either in court or in a political canvass or anywhere else. From Wordnik.com. [The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 4 The Lincoln-Douglas debates] Reference
I dont want to be unjustly accused of dealing illiberally or unfairly with an adversary, either in court, or in a political canvass, or anywhere else. From Wordnik.com. [Fourth Joint Debate at Charleston. Mr. Lincoln's Rejoinder] Reference
The navy had been treated least illiberally; still the construction budget had been so cut that only a few of the proposed vessels had been transferred from paper to the sea. From Wordnik.com. [History of the United States, Volume 5 (of 6)] Reference
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 Wordnik.com. [The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet] Reference
Surely this young man must be involved in misfortunes of no common nature but I cannot imagine what can induce him to remain with this unfeeling family, where he is, most unworthily, despised for being poor, and most illiberally detested for being a Scotchman. From Wordnik.com. [Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World] Reference
Of course, there may be objections to this plan on the score of economy; but as a general rule, too much liberality cannot be exercised in feeding growing animals; and there is nothing more certain than that the calf which is illiberally fed will never be developed into. From Wordnik.com. [The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock] Reference
She presented Mr. Esmond as her kinsman to many persons of honor; she supplied him not illiberally with money, which he had no scruple in accepting from her, considering the relationship which he bore to her, and the sacrifices which he himself was making in behalf of the family. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne] Reference
It had led her to seek the society of her mother's class; and that class simply would not have her, because she was much poorer than the greengrocer, and, far from being able to afford a maid, could not afford even a housemaid, and had to scrape along at home with an illiberally treated general servant. From Wordnik.com. [Pygmalion] Reference
But Locke had not so firm a hold on truth that he could afford to play with fancy; and as he pushed forward the claims of human jurisdiction rather too far in physics, by assuming the current science to be literally true, so, in the realm of imagination, he retrenched somewhat illiberally our legitimate possessions. From Wordnik.com. [Some Turns of Thought in Modern Philosophy Five Essays] Reference
In fact, his temper, naturally stubborn, was at present rendered much more so by a previous conference with his preacher, who, though a very good man in the main, was particularly and illiberally tenacious of the petty distinctions which his sect adopted; and while he thought with considerable apprehension on the accession of power which. From Wordnik.com. [Peveril of the Peak] Reference
Maybe you really belong with the IDists, since a favorite of IDiots and Wynne like some other illiberally educated whiners is to cavil where they don’t understand. From Wordnik.com. [Gogonasus andrewsae - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Mrs. Doricourt could not suppose they were dead, though their silence was unaccountable; yet, from Wilson’s not having letters, she drew the favourable hope, that the same cause which prevented the earl from writing to him, operated with regard to Cecilia, and that she was not wilfully neglected, or illiberally cast from the hearts that had once professed to adore her. From Wordnik.com. [Lovers and Friends; or, Modern Attachments] Reference
The designer went to draw a view of Chiswick, without asking leave, and was not hindered, for he has given it; but he says he was treated illiberally, the house not being shown without tickets, which he not only censures, but calls a singularity, though a frequent practice in other places, and practised there to my knowledge for these thirty years: so every body is to come into your house if he pleases, draw it whether you please or not, and by the same rule, I suppose, put any thing into his pockets that he likes. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4] Reference
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