Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IL-LIB'ER-AL, a. [See Liberal.]

1. Not liberal; not free or generous.
2. Not noble; not ingenuous; not catholic; of a contracted mind. Cold in charity; in religion, illiberal. K. Charles.
3. Not candid; uncharitable in judging.
4. Not generous; not munificent; sparing of gifts. Woodward.
5. Not becoming a well-bred man. Harris.
6. Not pure; not well authorized or elegant; as, illiberal words in Latin. [Unusual.] Chesterfield.