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# politic

«politic» in Mova's school dictionary: **Wise and careful in what one does, so as to get on well…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (old use)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Wise and careful in what one does, so as to get on well and avoid trouble. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/politic/#m1)

2) Clever in a sly way, sometimes a little unfair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/politic/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales, a clever person or race chooses words and deeds with care

### examples

- They were a very politic race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/politic/#x1)
- 'Oh!' said Little Klaus, 'that was just so politic of me.' [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/politic/#x2)
- It was politic to say nothing until the king had spoken. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/politic/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «politic» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/politic/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.