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Definition

the ability or act of saying or handling things in such a way that others feel good about them

She has the tact of a politician or diplomat.

tact = the ability and tendency to say or handle things in such a way that others feel good about them

She has excellent ideas, but makes enemies because she is tactless.

tactless = says or handles things in a needlessly offensive manner

(Editor's note: The suffix "-less" in tactless means without. This is the same pattern you see in words like fearless, homeless, and endless.)

She means well, but she lacks tact.

tact = the ability to say or handle things in such a way that others feel good about them

She's an excellent team captain because of her skill as a player and tact as a teammate.

tact = the ability and tendency to say or handle things in such a way that others feel good about them

Our tactless mother, especially, only made things go from bad to worse.
Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl

tactless = the quality of saying or handling things in a needlessly offensive manner

(Editor's note: The suffix "-less" in tactless means without. This is the same pattern you see in words like fearless, homeless, and endless.)

Tact had never been Rosa Hubermann's strong point.
Markus Zusak -- The Book Thief

tact = saying or handling things in such a way that others feel good about them

I realized that this was not a tactful question.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

tactful = considerate of others' feelings

And what made it worse was that, instead of tactfully ignoring it, Bernard proceeded to make open comments on this revoltingly viviparous scene.
Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World

tactfully = in a manner that makes others feel good

"I think I may be a little tired of my domain."
"That's because it's a cage," Bob tells me. Bob is not always tactful.
Katherine Applegate -- The One and Only Ivan

tactful = having the quality of saying things in a way that makes others feel good

Miller is rather crude and tactless, otherwise he would hold his tongue, for anybody can see that Kemmerich will never come out of this place again.
Erich Maria Remarque -- All Quiet on the Western Front

tactless = without consideration of others' feelings

(Editor's note: The suffix "-less" in tactless means without. This is the same pattern you see in words like fearless, homeless, and endless.)

Atticus said as tactfully as he could that he just didn't think he could stand a pageant tonight, he was all in.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

tactfully = in a manner that is considerate of others' feelings

Probably it had been tactful to leave Daisy's house, but the act annoyed me, and her next remark made me rigid.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Great Gatsby

tactful = polite (handled in a way that is considerate of others' feelings)

I told him about Bep and how tactless our mothers are.
Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl

tactless = the quality of saying or handling things in a needlessly offensive manner

(Editor's note: The suffix "-less" in tactless means without. This is the same pattern you see in words like fearless, homeless, and endless.)

Mine takes an active interest in my life, but has no tact, sensitivity or motherly understanding.
Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl

tact = ability or tendency to handle things in a way that makes others feel good about them

But, because the offer was obviously and tactlessly for a service to be rendered, I had no choice except to cut him off there.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Great Gatsby

tactlessly = in an offensive manner

(Editor's note: The suffix "-lessly" in tactlessly means in a manner that is without. This is the same pattern you see in words like harmlessly, fearlessly, and remorselessly.)

Nevertheless there was a vague understanding that had to be tactfully broken off before I was free.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Great Gatsby

tactfully = in a manner that makes others feel good

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.
Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl

tactless = the quality of saying or handling things in a needlessly offensive manner

(Editor's note: 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.
Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl

tact = ability and tendency to handle things in a way that makes others feel good about them

Ruth cued, too upset to be more tactful.
Amy Tan -- The Bonesetter's Daughter
"It was a remarkably complex case, sir," Powell began tactfully.
Alfred Bester -- The Demolished Man

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