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smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication
he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage; the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error
(adj) flat
lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
a bland little drama; a flat joke
(adj) flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, vapid, savorless, savourless
lacking taste or flavor or tang
a bland diet; insipid hospital food; flavorless supermarket tomatoes; vapid beer; vapid tea