politic
1. marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness (Freq. 1)
- it is neither polite nor politic to get into other people's quarrels
- a politic decision
- a politic manager
- a politic old scoundrel
- a shrewd and politic reply
• Ant:
impolitic
• Similar to:
expedient, sagacious
• See Also:
diplomatic, diplomatical
2. smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication
- he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage
- the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error
• Syn:
smooth, suave, bland
• Similar to:
diplomatic, diplomatical
• Derivationally related forms:
blandness (for: bland), suaveness (for: suave), suavity (for: suave), smoothness (for: smooth)
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