All 6 Uses of
tact
in
Washington Square
- Mrs. Penniman was not a brave woman, and Morris Townsend had struck her as a young man of great force of character, and of remarkable powers of satire; a keen, resolute, brilliant nature, with which one must exercise a great deal of tact.†
Chpt 6 *
- "Women have more tact," she said "they ought to do it first.†
Chpt 10
- "But we can wait a long time," said poor Catherine, in a tone which was meant to express the humblest conciliation, but which had upon her father's nerves the effect of an iteration not characterised by tact.†
Chpt 18
- Morris, the reader may be informed, had had the tact not to tell her that he sat in her father's study.†
Chpt 25
- I have more tact.†
Chpt 26
- Mrs. Penniman, with a degree of tact that was as unusual as it was commendable, took the line of leaving her alone.†
Chpt 30
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