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politiquely

politiquely is the obsolete form of politicly.

Meaning of politicly

Adverb

politicly (comparative more politicly, superlative most politicly)

  1. (archaic) In a politic (shrewd) manner
    • I must be ignorant indeed not to know, that the Duchess, ever since you met, hath been most politicly employed in increasing those forces, and sharpening those arms with which she subdued you at first […]1731, Jonathan Swift, letter to ???

Forms of politiquely

comparativemore politiquely
superlativemost politiquely

Origin of politiquely

From politique + -ly.

Questions about politiquely

What is politiquely the obsolete form of?
Politiquely is the obsolete form of politicly.

Words near politiquely in the dictionary

  1. politicspeak
  2. polities
  3. politike
  4. politing
  5. politique
  6. politiquely
  7. politiquera
  8. politiqueras
  9. politiques
  10. Politis
  11. politisation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: politiquely (page history and authors); politicly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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