All 4 Uses of
tact
in
Babbitt
- But he was touched, and disconcerted, by the tactless way in which Overbrook praised him: "We're mighty proud to have old George here to-night!†
Chpt 15
- Within a week three newspapers presented accounts of Babbitt's sterling labors for religion, and all of them tactfully mentioned William Washington Eathorne as his collaborator.†
Chpt 17
- He tried to be tactful.†
Chpt 18 *
- He was so vexed that after dinner, when it was time for a tactful escape to Tanis, he merely grumped to his wife, "Got to go out.†
Chpt 31
Definition:
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(tact) the ability or act of saying or handling things in such a way that others feel good about them