liberally

1. 1.

   freely in a nonliteral manner

   “he embellished his stories liberally”
2. 2.

   in a generous manner

   “he gave liberally to several charities”

   Synonymsmunificentlygenerously

Questions about liberally

What does liberally mean?

liberally means "freely in a nonliteral manner". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in liberally?

liberally has 4 syllables: lib-e-ral-ly. The stress falls on "lib". In IPA it is /ˈlɪˌbɝəˌli/.

What is another word for liberally?

Close synonyms include munificently, generously. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.