Politic - Definition

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 manager pacified the customer
with a smooth apology for the error" [syn: politic,
smooth, suave, bland]