(countable) A methodology and activities associated with running a government, an organization, or a movement. / (countable) The profession of conducting political affairs.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of politic

Concerning or relating to politics, the art and process of governing. / Concerning a polity or its administrative components.

A political agent or officer. / A publication focusing on politics.

in a political manner / regarding politics, in a way connected to politics

Well-mannered, civilized. / (obsolete) Smooth, polished, burnished.

(obsolete, transitive) To polish; to refine; to render polite.

The quality of being polite. / An act of politeness.

in a polite manner

(archaic) Of or relating to polity, or civil government; political.