POLITICLY
Etymology
Adverb
politicly (comparative more politicly, superlative most politicly)
In a politic manner; sagaciously; shrewdly; artfully.
Anagrams
• lipolytic
Source: Wiktionary
Pol"i*tic*ly, adv.
Definition: In a politic manner; sagaciously; shrewdly; artfully. Pope.
POLITIC
Pol"i*tic, a. Etym: [L. politicus political, Gr. politique. See
Police, and cf. ePolitical.]
1. Of or pertaining to polity, or civil government; political; as,
the body politic. See under Body.
He with his people made all but one politic body. Sir P. Sidney.
2. Pertaining to, or promoting, a policy, especially a national
policy; well-devised; adapted to its end, whether right or wrong; --
said of things; as, a politic treaty. "Enrich'd with politic grave
counsel." Shak.
3. Sagacious in promoting a policy; ingenious in devising and
advancing a system of management; devoted to a scheme or system
rather than to a principle; hence, in a good sense, wise; prudent;
sagacious; and in a bad sense, artful; unscrupulous; cunning; -- said
of persons.
Politic with my friend, smooth with mine enemy. Shak.
Syn.
– Wise; prudent; sagacious; discreet; provident; wary; artful;
cunning.
Pol`i*tic, n.
Definition: A politician. [Archaic] Bacon.
Swiftly the politic goes; is it dark he borrows a lantern; Slowly the
statesman and sure, guiding his feet by the stars. Lowell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition