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Tactfulness

noun
1.
Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense.  Synonym: tact.





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"Tactfulness" Quotes from Famous Books



... has to be 'tactful' with his wife, God help him!—or a woman with her husband," he added in a sudden tender afterthought. "We've never been 'tactful' with each other, Mary?" She smiled, and put her cheek against his shoulder. "'Tactfulness' between a husband and wife," said Henry Houghton, "is confession that their marriage is a failure. You may tell 'em ...
— The Vehement Flame • Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
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... quickly, deterred by the hard expression that instantly spread itself over the Sheriff's face. Resentment, all the more bitter because he believed it to be groundless, followed hard on the heels of her words which he thought to be inspired solely by a delicate tactfulness. ...
— The Girl of the Golden West • David Belasco
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... eye came running with the hat; with a clothes-brush, too. "Confound her!" Captain Cai swore inwardly as she insisted on brushing his coat, paying special attention to a dry spot of mud on the right hip-pocket. Feminine attentions may be overdone, and Mrs Bosenna showed more tactfulness than ...
— Hocken and Hunken • A. T. Quiller-Couch
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Words linked to "Tactfulness" :   tactlessness, address, discreetness, finesse, thoughtfulness, tactful, considerateness, diplomacy, delicacy, savoir-faire, consideration


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