All 4 Uses of
tact
in
The House of Mirth
- She knew that to betray any sense of superiority was a subtler form of the stupidity her mother denounced, and it did not take her long to learn that a beauty needs more tact than the possessor of an average set of features.†
Chpt 1.3
- Miss Bart tactfully protested.†
Chpt 1.4 *
- It was the moment for tact; for the quick bridging over of gaps; but Selden still leaned against the window, a detached observer of the scene, and under the spell of his observation Lily felt herself powerless to exert her usual arts.†
Chpt 1.8
- Once installed, and in command of her own work-women, she believed she had sufficient tact and ability to attract a fashionable CLIENTELE; and if the business succeeded she could gradually lay aside money enough to discharge her debt to Trenor.†
Chpt 2.10
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