All 7 Uses of
tact
in
Main Street
- Though perhaps you were just a bit tactless.†
Chpt 8
- She was tactful, torrentially anecdotal.†
Chpt 9 *
- Vida smiled tactfully at each of the committee, and announced, "Well, I don't believe we'd better start anything more right now.†
Chpt 11
- They laughed, and spoke of Minneapolis, and were tremendously tactful; and Carol started for home, through the November wind.†
Chpt 13
- She smiled at him with the exasperating tactfulness of a woman checking a flirtation; a smile like an airy pat on the arm.†
Chpt 16
- You can do anything, with your brains and tact and that heavenly voice.†
Chpt 21
- When Carol was touched by the desire for heroism in Raymie and tried tactfully to express it, Vida made her feel like an impertinent child.†
Chpt 23
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