Adjective
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"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