politic (adj.) Old form(s): politick, politicke , politike , politique
crafty, wily, self-serving
AYL IV.i.13[Jaques to Rosalind as Ganymede] [I have not] the lawyer's [melancholy], which is politic
AYL V.iv.44[Touchstone to all] I have been politic with my friend
Ham IV.iii.20[Hamlet to Claudius] A certain convocation of politic worms
MA V.ii.58[Beatrice to Benedick, of his bad parts] which maintained so politic a state of evil that they will not admit any good part to intermingle with them
Tim III.iii.29[Servant alone] The devil knew not what he did when he made man politic
Tim III.iii.35[Servant alone, of Sempronius] Of such a nature is his politic love
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