What is the meaning of the word "politic"?

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  1. marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness copy to clipboard adjective
    • it is neither polite nor politic to get into other people's quarrels copy to clipboard
  2. smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication copy to clipboard adjective
    • They were too politic to quarrel with so important a personage. copy to clipboard

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