politic

Adjective

• 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
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  smooth , suave , bland