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ideologically

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English ideology
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ic
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
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Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
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Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
Middle English -ical
English -ical
English ideological
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 ideologically

    From ideological + -ly.

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    ideologically (comparative more ideologically, superlative most ideologically)

    1. In an ideological manner; with respect to ideology.
      • 2002, Yanis Varoufakis, Foundations of Economics: A Beginner's Companion, page 25:
        Nevertheless intellectually, ideologically and politically he identified with industrialists whom he, just like Smith, saw as the usherers of progress.
      • 2022 January 10, Stephen Collinson, “Biden confronts challenges to democracy at home and abroad this week”, in CNN‎[1]:
        His warning was chillingly resonant of late 20th century clashes between two ideologically opposed superpowers.
      • 2025 February 19, Paul Clifton, “I am absolutely committed to reforming the railway”, in RAIL, number 1029, page 40:
        The Tories are ideologically opposed to large state-run industries, and the Lib Dems can sniff an opportunity to score points in their freshly won commuting constituencies outside London.

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