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In short, we all tactfully lied a few times during the opening of the gifts.†
Chpt 21 *

tactfully = in a manner that makes others feel good
That night my mother, Angela, and I picked over all the food that had been brought; there was more food than the three of us could ever possibly eat, and Mama in a tactful way had suggested that Angela take a lot of it home with her.†
Chpt 24

tactful = to say or handle things in a way that makes others feel good about them
But I guess I didn't say it very tactfully, did I?†
Chpt 24

tactfully = in a manner that makes others feel good

Definitions:

(1) (tact)
the ability or act of saying or handling things in such a way that others feel good about them
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)