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}]