Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a politic manner; artfully; cunningly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a politic manner; sagaciously; shrewdly; artfully.
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- adverb In a
politic manner;sagaciously ;shrewdly ;artfully .
Etymologies
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Examples
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What it did at best politicly was make nither happy.
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He was a twisted Islamic terrorist and the politicly correct media in Canada have not said one word about it during or since the horrible event happened.
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But if you believe that means-tested benefits are inevitable, it would still be rational to switch above a minimum affluence level (with the implicit assumption that it is politicly easier to take away "promised" benefits than to confiscate private accounts).
Actuarial Scoring Errors, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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| Reply he is wrong though … politicly correct, but wrong!
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You can't give half the country the finger then expect us to rally to your side when it's politicly helpfl to u.
Obama calls for American unity on Afghanistan war effort 2009
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Don't allow the Democratic Party to be politicly correct, VOTE CLINTON.
Michelle Obama: Let's move past Wright, get back to issues 2008
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The voice of the techies was politicly suppressed in this implementation.
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Although they are accepted my man today as the staus quo & it is politicly incorrect to speak out against them, I would rather please God than man.
Texas Faith: Should the next Supreme Court justice be a Protestant? | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2010
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Kickass43: (tho sumtimes politicly useful 2 call it dat)
Danielle Crittenden: The President's Secret IMs: A Prince, a Party Gurl, and a Storm in a Port 2008
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EVERY president we EVER had did something that was not politicly correct.
Open Caucus: Assessing Elitism - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
hernesheir commented on the word politicly
One wonders if the Twitterers mean politically, incorrectly spelling it politicly, but being correct anyway. It's all good, Bro. Seriously.
December 24, 2011