as in politic
having or showing tact
tried to be tactful when asked to critique her friend's singing
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Recent Examples of tactful
Social media has sabotaged the tactful rule against mentioning social events to people who were not invited.
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Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2025
Tonight: Check your finances. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) ★★★
Go easy and be tactful today, because your dealings with close friends, spouses and partners might be difficult.
—Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2025
Being tactful helps to maintain positive relationships and ensures that ideas are communicated without causing unnecessary friction.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
But there’s a tactful way of doing most everything, and that includes quitting in the face of adversity.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Jan. 2025
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Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2025
Tonight: Check your finances. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) ★★★
Go easy and be tactful today, because your dealings with close friends, spouses and partners might be difficult.
—Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2025
Being tactful helps to maintain positive relationships and ensures that ideas are communicated without causing unnecessary friction.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
But there’s a tactful way of doing most everything, and that includes quitting in the face of adversity.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tactful
Adjective
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Stirring up some of the local Chicago politic mix, with the cops and more, Smollett then was put under the spotlight of a special prosecutor and hauled before the courts for allegedly playing fast and loose with the truth and his own agenda.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
23 May 2025
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Yet, while activist evangelical women worked with these groups, Schlafly’s Catholicism limited her ability to reach evangelicals who were more ambivalent about politic involvement.—
Emily Suzanne Johnson / Made By History,
TIME,
3 June 2024
Adjective
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Showing empathy and being polite, even in frustrating situations, can help de-escalate potential conflicts.—
Milad Haghani,
CNN Money,
6 June 2025
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Dishes are refined but never polite, taking all the risks Cornerstone didn’t have the backing to take.—
Lela London,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
Adjective
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The war has continued unabated even as a U.S.-led diplomatic push for a settlement has brought two rounds of direct peace talks between delegations from Russia and Ukraine.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 June 2025
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The decision landed against a backdrop of strained diplomatic relations between the United States and Mexico.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
6 June 2025
Adjective
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The call started as expected – respectful and professional on both sides.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
7 June 2025
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His cultural instinct to retreat into respectful silence was misread by headquarters as weakness, nearly derailing his career trajectory.—
Katrina Burrus,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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“Tactful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tactful. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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