ADJECTIVE | all | politic | marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness |
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all | politic, smooth, suave, bland | smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication |
Sounds | paa'lahtih.k | |
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Rhymes | academic ... Zurich: 733 rhymes with ihk... |
Meaning | marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness. | |
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Narrower | expedient | Appropriate to a purpose |
sagacious | Skillful in statecraft or management | |
See also | diplomatic, diplomatical | Using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or people |
expedient | Serving to promote your interest | |
wise | Having or prompted by wisdom / wisdom / wisdom or discernment | |
Opposite | impolitic | not politic |
Spanish | politico, prudente, sensato | |
Catalan | prudent, sensat |
Meaning | smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication. | |
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Example | "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage" | |
Synonyms | smooth, suave, bland | |
Broader | diplomatic, diplomatical | Using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or people |
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