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Definition
consideration of others' feelings
- He was very good at that part of it—very respectful of grief, very tactful (while at the same time he managed to be very specific).p. 443.6
- And Simon rather tactlessly, but innocently, added: "Who would have thought he could hit a ball hard enough?"p. 140.3
There are no more uses of "tact" in A Prayer for Owen Meany.
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