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'
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