Adjective
Of or pertaining to Whigs; partaking of, or characterized by, the principles of Whigs.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA version of Edmund Ludlow ’s Memoirs, re-written by John Toland to excise the radical Puritanical elements and replace them with a Whiggish brand of republicanism, presented the Cromwellian Protectorate as a military tyranny. Source: Internet
In the South, they stressed that he was a Louisiana slaveholder, while in the North they highlighted his Whiggish willingness to defer to Congress on major issues (which he subsequently did not do). Source: Internet
Even the Whigs ceased to be an identifiable party, and Parliament was dominated by competing political connections, which all proclaimed Whiggish political views, or by independent backbenchers unattached to any particular group. Source: Internet
Ernst Mayr, "When Is Historiography Whiggish?" Source: Internet
Gandhi took Gokhale's liberal approach based on British Whiggish traditions and transformed it to make it look wholly Indian. Source: Internet
His 'Whiggish convictions' are spelled out in his first chapter: I shall relate how the new settlement was. Source: Internet