tactful
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈtæktfəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]tactful (comparative more tactful, superlative most tactful)
- Possessing tact; able to deal with people in a sensitive manner.
- 1984 December 29, Duncan Mitchel, “The Cult of Gay Machismo”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 25, page 9:
- I once found myself listening to a gay man who was saying wistfully, "I wish there was someplace you could go, maybe a club, where only masculine men would be allowed in." […] Ever tactful, I did not point out to him that if such a place existed, he probably would not be allowed into it.
- Antonym: tactless
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]possessing tact
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