Found 3 items, similar to politic.
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: politic
politic
adj 1: marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness;
“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]
2: smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of
sophistication;
“he was too politic to quarrel with so
important a personage”;
“the hostess averted a
confrontation between two guests with a diplomatic change
of subject”;
“the manager pacified the customer with a
smooth apology for the error”;
“affable, suave, moderate
men...smugly convinced of their respectability” - Ezra
Pound [syn:
smooth,
suave]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Politic
Politic
\Pol"i*tic\, a. [L. politicus political, Gr. ? belonging
to the citizens or to the state, fr.? citizen: cf. F.
politique. See
Police, and cf.
ePolitical.]
1. Of or pertaining to polity, or civil government;
political; as, the body politic. See under
Body.
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He with his people made all but one politic body.
--Sir P.
Sidney.
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2. Pertaining to, or promoting, a policy, especially a
national policy; well-devised; adapted to its end, whether
right or wrong; -- said of things; as, a politic treaty.
“Enrich'd with politic grave counsel.” --Shak.
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3. Sagacious in promoting a policy; ingenious in devising and
advancing a system of management; devoted to a scheme or
system rather than to a principle; hence, in a good sense,
wise; prudent; sagacious; and in a bad sense, artful;
unscrupulous; cunning; -- said of persons.
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Politic with my friend, smooth with mine enemy.
--Shak.
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Syn: Wise; prudent; sagacious; discreet; provident; wary;
artful; cunning.
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Politic
\Pol`i*tic\, n.
A politician. [Archaic] --Bacon.
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Swiftly the politic goes; is it dark? he borrows a
lantern;
Slowly the statesman and sure, guiding his feet by the
stars. --Lowell.
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