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politically correctly

politically correctly adverb: in a politically correct way.

Adverb

politically correctly (comparative more politically correctly, superlative most politically correctly)

  1. in a politically correct way
    • […]whose practices are often on the agenda at parliamentary meetings within the European Union for what is politically correctly described as ‘non compliance’ when what is really meant is allowing all kinds of non-entities from all over the world to set up in Cyprus and do whatever they like[…]2020 December 10, Andrew Saks, “Analysis: Why don't regulators care about conflicts of interest in FX?”, in FinanceFeeds, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2020

Forms of politically correctly

comparativemore politically correctly
superlativemost politically correctly

Origin of politically correctly

From politically correct + -ly.

Questions about politically correctly

What does politically correctly mean?
Politically correctly means in a politically correct way.
What part of speech is politically correctly?
Politically correctly is an adverb.

Words near politically correctly in the dictionary

  1. politicall
  2. politically
  3. politically correct
  4. politically corrected
  5. politically correcting
  6. politically correctly
  7. politically correctness
  8. politically corrects
  9. politically homeless
  10. politically incorrect
  11. politicalness

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