diplomatic
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
diplomatic
adj 1: relating to or characteristic of diplomacy; "diplomatic
immunity"
2: using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or
people; "the hostess averted a confrontation with a
diplomatic chenage of subject" [syn: {diplomatic},
{diplomatical}] [ant: {undiplomatic}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Diplomatic \Dip`lo*mat"ic\, Diplomatical \Dip`lo*mat"ic*al\, a.
[Cf. diplomatique.]
1. Pertaining to diplomacy; relating to the foreign ministers
at a court, who are called the diplomatic body.
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2. Characterized by tact and shrewdness; dexterous; artful;
as, diplomatic management.
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3. Pertaining to diplomatics; paleographic. --Astle.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
125 Moby Thesaurus words for "diplomatic":
Daedalian, Machiavellian, Machiavellic, acute, adept, adroit,
ambassadorial, apt, arch, artful, artistic, astute, authoritative,
bland, bravura, brilliant, cagey, canny, civic, clean, clever,
consular, coordinated, courteous, crack, crackerjack, crafty,
cunning, cute, daedal, deceitful, deep, deep-laid, deft, delicate,
designing, dexterous, dextrous, discerning, discreet, excellent,
expert, fancy, feline, foxy, geopolitical, good, goodish,
governmental, graceful, guileful, handy, ingenious, insidious,
inventive, knowing, magisterial, masterful, masterly, ministerial,
neat, no mean, pawky, perceptive, perspicacious, plenipotentiary,
polite, politic, political, politico-commercial,
politico-diplomatic, politico-economic, politico-geographical,
politico-judicial, politico-military, politico-moral,
politico-religious, politico-scientific, politico-social,
politico-theological, professional, proficient, prudent, quick,
quite some, ready, resourceful, scheming, sensitive, serpentine,
sharp, shifty, shrewd, skillful, slick, slippery, sly, smooth,
snaky, sneaky, some, sophistical, statesmanlike, stealthy,
strategic, stylish, subtile, subtle, suffragist, supple, tactful,
tactical, the compleat, the complete, thoughtful, trickish,
tricksy, tricky, virtuoso, vulpine, wary, well-done, wily, wise,
workmanlike
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