politically correctly

adverb

in a politically correct way

Meanings

adverbpolitically correctly (comparative more politically correctly, superlative most 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

Origin

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APA

politically correctly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/politically%20correctly

MLA

“politically correctly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/politically%20correctly. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “politically correctly,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/politically%20correctly.

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