tactful

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From tact +‎ -ful.

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tactful (comparative more tactful, superlative most tactful)

  1. Possessing tact; able to deal with people in a sensitive manner.
    Antonym: tactless
    • 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.

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