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Thesaurus: illiberal

Not liberal; not free or generous; close; niggardly; mean; sordid.

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  1. a. Not liberal; not free or generous; close; niggardly; mean; sordid.
  2. a. Indicating a lack of breeding, culture, and the like; ignoble; rude; narrow-minded; disingenuous.
  3. a. Not well authorized or elegant; as, illiberal words in Latin.
  4. adj. narrow-minded about cherished opinions
  5. 1. Not liberal; not free or generous; close; niggardly; mean; sordid. "A thrifty and illiberal hand." Mason. 2. Indicating a lack of breeding, culture, and the like; ignoble; rude; narrow-minded; disingenuous. 3. Not well authorized or elegant; as, illiberal words in Latin. [R.] Chesterfield.
  6. j:100 s. narrow-minded about cherished opinions