All 3 Uses of
tact
in
Middlemarch
- Has the theory of the solar system been advanced by graceful manners and conversational tact?†
Chpt 1 *
- She had an exquisite tact and insight in relation to all points of manners; but the people she lived among were blunderers and busybodies.†
Chpt 3
- Many of us looking back through life would say that the kindest man we have ever known has been a medical man, or perhaps that surgeon whose fine tact, directed by deeply informed perception, has come to us in our need with a more sublime beneficence than that of miracle-workers.†
Chpt 7
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