All 5 Uses of
tact
in
Anne Frank, the Diary of a Young Girl
- She's the one whose tactless comments and cruel jokes about matters I don't think are funny have made me insensitive to any sign of love on her part.
Chpt 43-04tactless = the quality of saying or handling things in a needlessly offensive mannerstandard suffix: The suffix "-less" in tactless means without. This is the same pattern you see in words like fearless, homeless, and endless.
- I imagine a mother as a woman who, first and foremost, possesses a great deal of tact, especially toward her adolescent children, and not one who, like Momsy, pokes fun at me when I cry.
Chpt 44-01tact = ability and tendency to handle things in a way that makes others feel good about them
- Mine takes an active interest in my life, but has no tact, sensitivity or motherly understanding.
Chpt 44-02tact = ability or tendency to handle things in a way that makes others feel good about them
- Our tactless mother, especially, only made things go from bad to worse.
Chpt 44-03 *tactless = the quality of saying or handling things in a needlessly offensive mannerstandard suffix: The suffix "-less" in tactless means without. This is the same pattern you see in words like fearless, homeless, and endless.
- I told him about Bep and how tactless our mothers are.
Chpt 44-03
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