politic

英 ['pɒlɪtɪk] 美['pɑlətɪk]

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