Today's Word "politic"
shrewdly tactful or cunning
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politic \POL-ih-tik\ (adjective) - 1 : Of or pertaining to polity, or civil government; political (as in the phrase "the body politic"). 2 : (Of persons): Sagacious in promoting a policy; ingenious in devising and advancing a system of management; characterized by political skill and ingenuity; hence, shrewdly tactful, cunning. 3 : (Of actions or things): Pertaining to or promoting a policy; hence, judicious; expedient; as, "a politic decision."
"Berenike swallowed her fury and gave the governor her most politic smile." -- Randall Scott, 'Retribution'
Politic derives from Greek politikos, and from polites, "citizen," from polis, "city."
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