LIBERALLY Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

liberally

adverb

Definition of liberally

as in generously

in a generous manner she spread frosting liberally over the cake until it oozed over the edges

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Recent Examples of liberally Riot police have liberally used tear gas and wielded their batons to disperse crowds. — ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026 Yet judges have granted extensions liberally, court dockets show, and in many cases failed to impose any deadlines at all. — Samantha Melamed, ProPublica, 13 Oct. 2026 Sullivan and the front office should liberally poach players from other practice squads. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2026 Faculty and administrators are policing the classroom for AI, largely in vain, while also using AI liberally in their own work. — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026 Ulbrich rotated defenders liberally throughout the day, essentially changing about half the squad depending on the situation. — Josh Kendall, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026 But according to Dietrich’s daughter Maria Riva, whose 1992 biography of her mother Lim liberally quotes from, Dietrich privately did not hold Wong in the highest esteem. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Sep. 2026 Sprinkle warm brownies liberally with graham cracker pieces, chocolate chunks, and mini marshmallows for a s’mores version. — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2026 The look at Anthony Bourdain’s early years (much of it liberally interpreted) expanded nicely after doing robust business in limited release. — Brent Lang, IndieWire, 23 Aug. 2026

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Our sensibilities may be able to cope with Willoughby as a cad, but not as—to put it generously—a creep.

— Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026
Formlabs also includes a generously sized circular bubble level to place on top of the machine, along with a clever adjustment disc that engages the leveling feet from the front, back, or sides.

— Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of generously

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The Horned Frogs also have one of the country’s best tight ends in Kari Ashley, who has been a breakout star.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Oct. 2026
The cosmonauts plonked down on November 19th, 1965 in the Midlands market town of Rugby, a cultural backwater best known for the sport, the school, and wartime poet Rupert Brooke, in that order.

— Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026

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