politic (s)
smooth (s)
suave (s)
bland (s)

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type s
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def smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication
examples he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage
the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error
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Similar to diplomatic, diplomatical
Derivationally related form bland → blandness
Derivationally related form bland → blandness
Derivationally related form suave → suaveness
Derivationally related form suave → suavity
Derivationally related form smooth → smoothness
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Similar to diplomatic, diplomatical
Derived from adjective smoothly → smooth
Derivationally related form blandness → bland
Derivationally related form smoothness → smooth
Derivationally related form blandness → bland
Derivationally related form suaveness → suave
Derivationally related form suavity → suave

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