Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or involving diplomacy or diplomats.
- adjective Using or marked by tact and sensitivity in dealing with others.
- adjective Of or relating to diplomatics.
- adjective Being an exact copy of the original.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to diplomas or diplomatics.
- Pertaining to or of the nature of diplomacy; concerned with the management of international relations: as, a diplomatic agent.
- Skilled in the art of diplomacy; artful in negotiation or intercourse of any kind; politic in conduct.
- noun A minister, an official agent, or an envoy to a foreign court; a diplomat.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A minister, official agent, or envoy to a foreign court; a diplomatist.
- adjective Pertaining to diplomacy; relating to the foreign ministers at a court, who are called the
diplomatic body . - adjective Characterized by tact and shrewdness; dexterous; artful.
- adjective Pertaining to diplomatics; paleographic.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Concerning the
relationships between thegovernments ofcountries . - adjective Exhibiting
diplomacy ; exercisingtact orcourtesy ; usingdiscussion to avoidhard feelings ,fights orarguments . - adjective describing a publication of a text which follows a single basic
manuscript , but with variants in other manuscripts noted in the critical apparatus - noun The
science ofdiplomas , or the art ofdeciphering ancient writings and determining their age,authenticity , etc.;paleography .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or people
- adjective relating to or characteristic of diplomacy
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Well, the secretary of state's trip to Canada is putting a brand new spin on the term diplomatic relations.
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But Syria's U.N. ambassador, Bashar Ja'afari, accused Washington and some other Security Council members of waging what he called a "diplomatic and humanitarian war" against his country.
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But Syria's U.N. ambassador, Bashar Ja'afari, accused Washington and some other Security Council members of waging what he called a "diplomatic and humanitarian war" against his country.
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But Syria's U.N. ambassador, Bashar Ja'afari, accused Washington and some other Security Council members of waging what he called a "diplomatic and humanitarian war" against his country.
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She urged the Democratic president to spell out the U.S. veto intention more clearly himself instead of relying on what she called "diplomatic nice speak."
Obama urged to wield U.N. veto against Palestinians Reuters 2011
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But Syria's U.N. ambassador, Bashar Ja'afari, accused Washington and some other Security Council members of waging what he called a "diplomatic and humanitarian war" against his country.
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She urged the Democratic president to spell out the U.S. veto intention more clearly himself instead of relying on what she called "diplomatic nice speak."
Obama urged to wield U.N. veto against Palestinians Reuters 2011
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I suppose it's what they call a diplomatic disease. logdon
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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JOHNSON: Charles has what I refer to as diplomatic immunity.
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Today criticism came from a surprising corner, the Republican former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich blasting the State Department for what he calls diplomatic failures on Iraq.
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