Liberal providing information with hesitation originally offended us (8)
I believe the answer is:
generous
'liberal' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
'information with hesitation originally offended us' is the wordplay.
'information' becomes 'gen' (gen can informally mean information).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'hesitation' becomes 'er' (sound used when hesitating).
'originally' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letter of 'offended' is 'o'.
'gen'+'er'+'o'+'us'='GENEROUS'
'providing' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for generous that I've seen before include "Handsome" , "Open-handed" , "Liberal, bountiful" , "Bountiful, unselfish" , "Kind towards others" .)