Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Possessing or exhibiting tact; considerate and discreet: a tactful person; a tactful remark.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Having or manifesting tact; possessing or arising from nice discernment.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Full of tact; characterized by a discerning sense of what is right, proper, or judicious.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. showing skill and sensitivity in dealing with people
- adj. having or showing a sense of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others
Examples
“I would have tried to remain tactful, but I definitely would have spoken up.”
“Once the business is given the tools needed to streamline its processes, it's crucial for IT to remain tactful.”
“The girl proved her right to be called tactful, and, seeing her advantage, followed it up quickly by a few bright words.”
“Such, then, is the man who observes the mean, whether he be called tactful or ready-witted.”
“If you lean towards "tactful," the less emotional people people in your life may feel frustrated, wanting you to just "spit it out, already.”
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“David, anything to say about the 'tactful' Hamas charter that orders the indiscriminate killing of all Jews?”
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
“I'm not a fan of censorship, but there is a balance to be struck between an artist's exploration in subject and media, and resulting useful (read in part, "tactful") artwork.”
“For me, tactful and tacky are not opposites, because "tactful" can only be used to refer to things people say, and "tacky" can only be used of actual objects or colour schemes, or clothes or whatever, but definitely physical things.”
“However "tactful" the title of the post is the opposite of "tacky.”
“Mosisili paid tribute to the Lesotho police for the "tactful" manner in which they had handled the "provocative" behaviour of the demonstrators.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘tactful’.
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Introverted
Quiet, shy, Introverted, reserved, isolated, mysterious
abashed, alienated, alone, anonymous, antisocial, ascetic, asocial, austere, autonomous, awkward, bashful, clannish and 91 more...
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Ideas
brainchild, inspiration, muse, genius, eureka, discovery, intellectual prop..., intangible asset, goodwill, patented, savant, brainiac and 76 more...
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politely
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newGRE
mostly from magoosh
imbue, verge on, nonchalant, deliberate, timorous, futile, provisional, dissect, checked, tinged, alluring, visionary and 1046 more...
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AP Rhetorical Devices
asyndeton, aphorism, polysyndeton, characterize, antagonist, antihero, audience, diction, foil, mood, motif, protagonist and 153 more...
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Sat Vocabulary List
abandon, abash, abate, abjure, ablution, abnegate, abominable, aboriginal, abortive, abrade, abridge, abrogate and 2155 more...
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@vcb.etym.prjct - SAT PT #5 (new bk)
inane, scrutinze, attended, testify to, jeopardize, sustain, plentiful, ornate, multifarious, catalogue, anachronistic, extrapolate and 89 more...
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politely
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abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abide, abject, abjure and 4874 more...
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SAT PSAT ALPHABETICAL T
taciturn, tactful, tactile, talisman, tandem, tangible, tantalize, tantamount, tantrum, tart, taurine, tautological and 86 more...
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To Marji
compote, baker, pie, traveller, nurse, mother hen, executive, berkeley, seattle, friend, denver, punctilious and 55 more...
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GRE
desultory, magnanimous, hackneyed, egregious, singular, circumscribed, tacit, topical, apt, revelry, rueful, prevarication and 52 more...
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