tactful

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tactful

/ˈtæktfəl/

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From tact + -ful.

adjective more tactful · most tactful

Possessing tact; able to deal with people in a sensitive manner. His exhortations to his assistants to waste no time in getting on with the job, and to be tactful and courteous with those outside the railway service with whom they had to deal, are as apposite today as they were a century ago.
Opposite: tactless

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adj possessing tact

Español	de / con tacto (mucho), con gracia, tener tacto (mucho), (abundante) de tacto
Français	plein de tact, diplomatique
Deutsch	taktvoll
Русский	такти́чный taktíčnyj, дипломати́чный diplomatíčnyj
Tiếng Việt	khôn khéo

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@misc{tactful_2026,
  title = {tactful},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tactful},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}