Diplomatic

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Diplomatic \Dip`lo*mat"ic\, n.
     A minister, official agent, or envoy to a foreign court; a
     diplomatist.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  diplomatic
       adj 1: relating to or characteristic of diplomacy; "diplomatic
              immunity"
       2: skilled in dealing with sensitive matters or people [syn: {diplomatical}]
          [ant: {undiplomatic}]
       3: able to take a broad view of negotiations between states
          [syn: {wise}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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