How to use liberally in a sentence
14 example sentences · adverb
Liberally means in a liberal manner; generously; freely. Example: “The stallholder puts salad into an open pita bread, followed by the four falafels, and then liberally covers them with hummus.”
More sentences with liberally
- The stallholder puts salad into an open pita bread, followed by the four falafels, and then liberally covers them with hummus.From the entry falafel
- Take anything he tells you with a pinch of salt: he's an inveterate liar and mixes truth with his fiction liberally.From the entry pinch of salt
- Much like Mirror Mirror, Huntsman appears to borrow liberally from other fantasy films.2012 May 31, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Review: Snow White And The Huntsman”, in AV Club. From the entry nod
- Normal biscuit cookies like the tannies, the Afrikaans aunties, made, but liberally laced with marijuana.2008, Chris Cocks, Out of Action, page 135. From the entry tannie
- Link love is reciprocal; if you provide it liberally, it comes back to you.2007, Michael A. Banks, Blogging Heroes, →ISBN, page 52. From the entry walled garden
- A similar cake is the Hungarian palatschinken filled with jam or cheese, folded over and sprinkled liberally with sugar.1939 July 3, “Pancake Recipes from Abroad Make an Interesting Collection”, in The Gazette, volume CLXVIII, number 157, Montreal, Que.…. From the entry palatschinke
- Tall and lissom, she was sheathed from the bosom downwards in flamingo silk, and she was liberally festooned with emeralds.1911, Max Beerbohm, chapter II, in Zuleika Dobson. From the entry lissom
- Several of the spigots had been left on or half on and the worm-eaten floor of the cavern was liberally bepuddled with country wine.2011, Lawrence Durrell, Bitter Lemons of Cyprus. From the entry bepuddle
- Jervis, she feigns likewise but just to come to herself; we both begin, she to becall, and I to bescratch very liberally.2009, Henry Fielding, Joseph Andrews and Shamela - Page 203. From the entry bescratch
- Many people who consider themselves to be liberally educated have undertaken study in half a dozen fields from a Chinese menu of subjects.1997, Samuel M. Natale, Mark B. Fenton, Business Education and Training, page 92. From the entry Chinese menu
- Air impurity was reduced to 0.01 percent by freezing a large cylinder of liquid with dry ice and snifting the vapor liberally.1961, John Ransom Roebuck, Notebooks, Ca.1901-61, pages 34–35. From the entry snift
- He had short, dark hair, liberally flecked with silver-grey strands, heavily lidded brown eyes and a mouth that turned down at the edges, giving him a permanently crestfallen expression.2021, James Bowring, Down in the Country: A Carlow Valley Mystery. From the entry crestfallen
- I suppose the grog they serve out so liberally to those "Diegos" to keep up their courage in a fight had something to do with it.1936, John Samson, chapter X, in In the Dictator's Grip: A Story of Adventure. From the entry diego
- And that is why, Jeeves, I intend tomorrow to secure a bottle of gin and lace his luncheon orange juice with it liberally. . . .1922, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 13, in Right Ho, Jeeves. From the entry snootful
Meaning of liberally
- adverb In a liberal manner; generously; freely.
- adverb In accordance with political views associated with the liberals.
Questions about liberally in a sentence
- How do you use liberally in a sentence?
- Liberally is used as an adverb. For example: “The stallholder puts salad into an open pita bread, followed by the four falafels, and then liberally covers them with hummus.”
- What is a short sentence with liberally?
- “Much like Mirror Mirror, Huntsman appears to borrow liberally from other fantasy films.”
- What does liberally mean?
- Liberally means in a liberal manner; generously; freely.
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