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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Illiberal \Il*lib"er*al\, a. [L. illiberalis; pref. il- not +
liberalis liberal: cf F. illib['e]ral.]
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
illiberal
adj : narrow-minded about cherished opinions [syn: {intolerant}]
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