Thesaurus: politic

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1. a. Of or pertaining to polity, or civil government; political; as, the body politic. See under Body.
2. a. 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.
3. a. 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.
4. n. A politician.
5. adj. marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness
6. adj. smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication
7. 1. Of or pertaining to polity, or civil government; political; as, the body politic. See under Body. He with his people made all but one politic body. Sir P. Sidney. 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. 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. Politic with my friend, smooth with mine enemy. Shak. Syn. -- Wise; prudent; sagacious; discreet; provident; wary; artful; cunning. A politician. [Archaic] Bacon. Swiftly the politic goes; is it dark he borrows a lantern; Slowly the statesman and sure, guiding his feet by the stars. Lowell.
8. A politician. [Archaic] Bacon.Swiftly the politic goes; is it dark he borrows a lantern; Slowly thestatesman and sure, guiding his feet by the stars. Lowell.
9. j:100 a. marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness s. smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication