politic, adj.
freq. cnt. 1
freq. cnt. 1
marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
politic
sample sentences
"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"
lexical pointers
antonym
smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1
bland politic smooth suave
sample sentences
"he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage""the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to