liberal

vapaa, liberaalinen

liberaali

lukuisa puhekieltä Pertaining to those arts and sciences the study of which was considered "worthy of a free man" (as opposed to (m), (m), (m)); worthy, befitting a gentleman.
1983, David Leslie Wagner, The Seven liberal arts in the Middle Ages
1997, Gordon D. Morgan, Toward an American Sociology: Questioning the European Construct (ISBN 0275949990), page 45:

Americans remain enamored with Europe's ability to produce the consequential thought for America. It was the same in nearly every liberal field. Education sought its roots in such Europeans as Froebel, Frobenius, and Rousseau. Political science tried to connect to Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Nietzsche, Machiavelli, and Otto von Bismarck, for instance. Economics copied the thought of Adam Smith, (..)

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When he shows improvement she is liberal with her praise and then moves on to the next set of skills to be learnt.

Queen Isabella was already being called Santa Isabella by many of her subjects because she was liberal with her alms.

Was it because the believers were so liberal with their possessions that God was so liberal with his grace?

For this reason a liberal amount of piping should be used. If a liberal supply of piping is provided at first, the first cost will of course be greater, but the extra expenditure is called for but once.

The result was usually that such helpers got a liberal sprinkling of mud over their clothing.

Rose put a steaming cup of mint tea in front of me and spooned a liberal helping of honey into it.

Myself, my brother, and this grieved count,

Did see her, hear her, at that hour last night,

Talk with a ruffian at her chamber-window;

Who hath indeed, most like a liberal villain,

Confess'd the vile encounters they have had

A thousand times in secret.

Younger people tend to be more liberal than older people.

Seine Eltern waren streng katholische Kirchgänger, aber liberal gegenüber den Kindern.

His parents were strict Catholic church-goers, but were liberal towards their children.

Die FDP ist die wichtigste liberale Partei in Deutschland.

The w:FDP FDP is Germany’s most important liberal party.