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tact
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Passing, by Nella Larsen
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- It was the idea of being ejected from any place, even in the polite and tactful way in which the Drayton would probably do it, that disturbed her.†
p. 17.7tactful = to say or handle things in a way that makes others feel good about them
- If things with Clare were as she—as they all—had suspected, wouldn't it be more tactful to seem to forget to inquire how she had spent those twelve years?†
p. 23.8
- Having always had complete confidence in her own good judgment and tact, Irene couldn't bear to have anyone seem to question them.†
p. 63.6 *tact = the ability or act of saying or handling things in such a way that others feel good about them
Definitions:
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(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)