TACTLESSLY Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

tactlessly

adverb

Definition of tactlessly

as in rudely

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Recent Examples of tactlessly Some conservative Latino voices in Virginia view the Spanberger campaign’s choice of venue at a Mexican restaurant as tactlessly pandering to Latino voters. — Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2025 As long as there are politicians who seek to lower flags or have Kirk’s body lay in state, there will be those who react strongly, if sometimes tactlessly, to these actions. — Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 20 Sep. 2025

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Ritter has disciplined Menapace after the lawmaker acted rudely or abusively to a committee clerk.

— Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026
In another famous tale, Hoja arrives at a feast wearing old and ragged clothes and is treated rudely.

— Perin Gürel, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2026

Definition of rudely

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To put it bluntly, originalism itself might not have survived the disaster of abolishing Fed independence.

— Noah Feldman, Mercury News, 14 July 2026
To put it bluntly, the combined company will need CNN’s revenue and profits to help pay down that debt load, especially with the other channels on a downward trajectory financially.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026

Definition of bluntly

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After the Women’s Health Initiative published its landmark findings in 2002, public and clinical attitudes toward hormone therapy shifted sharply, priming a generation of women to look for non-hormonal alternatives.

— Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2026
Both states sharply limit non-competes, and California bans most outright.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 16 July 2026

Definition of sharply

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Trump was expected to sign the housing bill at Capitol Hill during a ceremony in June, but abruptly canceled in protest over the Senate’s inaction in passing his election legislation, the SAVE America Act.

— Sydney Topf, The Washington Examiner, 13 July 2026
Flores lost his ability to make phone calls, after his PIN was abruptly suspended.

— Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 13 July 2026

Definition of abruptly

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Juliette later makes a stop to see Shirley, who is still being unreasonably pouty about her amnesiac friend not remembering her — and is, again, curtly dismissive of Juliette’s search for Lukas.

— Noel Murray, Vulture, 17 July 2026
But Ruben curtly responds that the only real homophobe is Niall himself.

— Barry Levitt, Time, 29 May 2026

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