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liberally

/ˈlɪb(ə)ɹəli/

liberally adverb: in a liberal manner; generously; freely.

Adverb

liberally (comparative more liberally, superlative most liberally)

  1. In a liberal manner; generously; freely.
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  2. In accordance with political views associated with the liberals.

liberally meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Kannada and Nepali

liberally in Tamil

வீச்சுவேனுமாய், ஏல, கைகுளிர, நன்றாய், கையாயிரத்தன்

liberally in Bengali

উদার ভাবে, অজস্র, অবাধ ভাবে

liberally in Kannada

ಉದಾರವಾಗಿ, ಧಾರಾಳವಾಗಿ, ಕೊಡುಗೈಯಿಂದ, ಮುಕ್ತಹಸ್ತದಿಂದ

liberally in Nepali

liberally, generously
लपक्क lapakka

Examples of liberally in a sentence

  • The stallholder puts salad into an open pita bread, followed by the four falafels, and then liberally covers them with hummus.
  • Take anything he tells you with a pinch of salt: he's an inveterate liar and mixes truth with his fiction liberally.
  • Much like Mirror Mirror, Huntsman appears to borrow liberally from other fantasy films.

All 14 example sentences with liberally

Forms of liberally

comparativemore liberally
superlativemost liberally

Origin of liberally

From liberal + -ly.

Words formed from liberally

Questions about liberally

What does liberally mean?
Liberally means in a liberal manner; generously; freely.
What is liberally in Tamil?
Liberally in Tamil is வீச்சுவேனுமாய், ஏல, கைகுளிர. See Liberally meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is liberally?
Liberally is an adverb.
How do you pronounce liberally?
Liberally is pronounced /ˈlɪb(ə)ɹəli/.

Words near liberally in the dictionary

  1. liberalizer
  2. liberalizers
  3. liberalizes
  4. liberalizing
  5. liberallest
  6. liberally
  7. liberalminded
  8. liberalmindedness
  9. liberalness
  10. liberalphobia
  11. liberals

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Adapted from Wiktionary: liberally (page history and authors); liberally (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); liberally (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); liberally (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); लपक्क (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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