tactfully

English

Etymology

From tactful +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

tactfully (comparative more tactfully, superlative most tactfully)

1. In a tactful manner.
   • 2001 October 4, Mary Beard, “11 September”, in London Review of Books‎^[1], volume 23, number 19, →ISSN:

     But when the shock had faded, more hard-headed reaction set in. This wasn’t just the feeling that, however tactfully you dress it up, the United States had it coming.

Translations

in a tactful manner

• Finnish: hienotunteisesti
• Hungarian: tapintatosan (hu)
• Spanish: discretamente (es); con mucho tacto