What's the difference between whiggish and whiggishly?

Whiggish


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to Whigs; partaking of, or characterized by, the principles of Whigs.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) For the root of these practices of secrecy appears to be a perverse kind of historical narcissism, a desire for a Whiggish gaze into an unblemished national past that leads to our time.
  • (2) The first is the whiggish, market-oriented and socially liberal strand.
  • (3) When George III founded the Royal Academy in 1768, there could really be only one choice for its president, even though the king didn't like the Whiggish Reynolds.

Whiggishly


Definition:

  • (adv.) In a Whiggish manner.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) For the root of these practices of secrecy appears to be a perverse kind of historical narcissism, a desire for a Whiggish gaze into an unblemished national past that leads to our time.
  • (2) The first is the whiggish, market-oriented and socially liberal strand.
  • (3) When George III founded the Royal Academy in 1768, there could really be only one choice for its president, even though the king didn't like the Whiggish Reynolds.

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