Both Uses of
tact
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- Though Nikolay Parfenovitch did insert this in the protocol, he showed the most praiseworthy tact and management.†
Chpt 9 *
- It must be noted that Kolya understood and divined what was in Dardanelov's heart and, of course, despised him profoundly for his "feelings"; he had in the past been so tactless as to show this contempt before his mother, hinting vaguely that he knew what Dardanelov was after.†
Chpt 10
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