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illiberal

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  1. 1. a. Not liberal; not free or generous; close; niggardly; mean; sordid. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Indicating a lack of breeding, culture, and the like; ignoble; rude; narrow-minded; disingenuous. Source: opted
  3. 3. a. Not well authorized or elegant; as, illiberal words in Latin. Source: opted
  4. 4. adj. narrow-minded about cherished opinions Source: wordnet
  5. 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. Source: webster
  6. 6. j:100 s. narrow-minded about cherished opinions Source: ecdict

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