politic
adjective
1. marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness; diplomatic.
- it is neither polite nor politic to get into other people's quarrels
- a politic decision
- a politic manager
Similar word(s): diplomatic, diplomatical, expedient
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
Similar word(s): diplomatic, diplomatical, bland, smooth, suave
Sentences with politic as an adjective:
- the body politic
- a politic treaty
noun
1. (archaic) A politician.