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- English Word Politeness Definition High finish; smoothness; burnished elegance.
- English Word Politeness Definition The quality or state of being polite; refinement of manners; urbanity; courteous behavior; complaisance; obliging attentions.
- English Word Politesse Definition Politeness.
- English Word Politic Definition Of or pertaining to polity, or civil government; political; as, the body politic. See under Body.
- English Word Politic Definition Pertaining to, or promoting, a policy, especially a national policy; well-devised; adapted to its end, whether right or wrong; -- said of things; as, a politic treaty.
- English Word Politic Definition Sagacious in promoting a policy; ingenious in devising and advancing a system of management; devoted to a scheme or system rather than to a principle; hence, in a good sense, wise; prudent; sagacious; and in a bad sense, artful; unscrupulous; cunning; -- said of persons.
- English Word Politic Definition A politician.
- English Word Political Definition Having, or conforming to, a settled system of administration.
- English Word Political Definition Of or pertaining to public policy, or to politics; relating to affairs of state or administration; as, a political writer.
- English Word Political Definition Of or pertaining to a party, or to parties, in the state; as, his political relations were with the Whigs.
- English Word Political Definition Politic; wise; also, artful.
- English Word Politicalism Definition Zeal or party spirit in politics.
- English Word Politically Definition In a political manner.
- English Word Politically Definition Politicly; artfully.
- English Word Politicaster Definition A petty politician; a pretender in politics.
- English Word Politician Definition One versed or experienced in the science of government; one devoted to politics; a statesman.
- English Word Politician Definition One primarily devoted to his own advancement in public office, or to the success of a political party; -- used in a depreciatory sense; one addicted or attached to politics as managed by parties (see Politics, 2); a schemer; an intriguer; as, a mere politician.
- English Word Politician Definition Cunning; using artifice; politic; artful.
- English Word Politicist Definition A political writer.
- English Word Politicly Definition In a politic manner; sagaciously; shrewdly; artfully.