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English adjective: politic | |||
| 1. | politic marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Similar | expedient, sagacious | ||
| See also | diplomatic, diplomatical | ||
| Antonyms | impolitic | ||
| 2. | politic smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication | ||
| Samples | He was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage. The manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error. | ||
| Synonyms | bland, smooth, suave | ||
| Similar | diplomatic, diplomatical | ||
| Antonyms | undiplomatic | ||
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