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
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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.
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Don't allow the Democratic Party to be politicly correct, VOTE CLINTON.
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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
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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
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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
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