politically
/pəlˈɪtɪkəli/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "tackle a matter politically"
- "politically insensitive"
- "a politically-charged speech"
- "Although politically he claims to be a Democrat, his actions are more Republican."
- "Nevertheless intellectually, ideologically and politically he identified with industrialists whom he, just like Smith, saw as the usherers of progress."
- "Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday that when it comes to politically sensitive investigations, the Justice Department does “not shy away from cases that are controversial or sensitive or political.”"
Etymology
Etymology tree English politic English -al English political Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English politically From political + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more politically (comparative)
most politically (superlative)