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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective tactful has 2 senses
- tactful(a = adj.all) Array - having or showing a sense of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others; "she was tactful enough not to shatter his illusion"; "a tactful remark eased her embarrassment" Derived form noun tactfulness1
- tactful(s = adj.all) kid-glove - showing skill and sensitivity in dealing with people; "by diplomatic conduct he avoided antagonizing anyone"; "a tactful way of correcting someone"; "the agency got the kid-glove treatment on Capitol Hill" Derived form noun tactfulness1
Antonym: tactless
CIDE DICTIONARY
tactful, a.
Full of tact; characterized by a discerning sense of what is right, proper, or judicious. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tactful, adj. having or showing tact.
Derivative
tactfully adv. tactfulness n.
THESAURUS
tactful
Daedalian, accommodating, accommodative, accurate, acute, adept, adroit, affable, agreeable, allergic, anaphylactic, appreciative, apt, artistic, attentive, authoritative, bravura, brilliant, careful, civil, clean, clever, complaisant, considerate, coordinated, courteous, crack, crackerjack, critical, cunning, cute, daedal, deferential, deft, delicate, dexterous, dextrous, differential, diplomatic, discerning, discreet, discriminate, discriminating, discriminative, distinctive, distinguishing, empathetic, empathic, exact, excellent, expert, fair, fancy, fastidious, fine, good, goodish, goosy, graceful, gracious, handy, heedful, helpful, hyperesthetic, hyperpathic, hypersensitive, indulgent, ingenious, irritable, itchy, judicious, lenient, magisterial, masterful, masterly, mindful, mindful of others, neat, nervous, nice, no mean, obliging, overrefined, oversensible, oversensitive, overtender, passible, perceptive, polished, polite, politic, precise, prickly, professional, proficient, prudent, quick, quite some, ready, refined, regardful, resourceful, respectful, responsive, selective, sensitive, skilled, skillful, skittish, slick, solicitous, some, statesmanlike, stylish, suave, subtle, supersensitive, sympathetic, tactical, tender, tetchy, the compleat, the complete, thin-skinned, thoughtful, ticklish, tolerant, touchy, understanding, urbane, virtuoso, well-done, workmanlikeROGET THESAURUS
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Cunning
N cunning, craft, cunningness, craftiness, subtlety, artificiality, maneuvering, temporization, circumvention, chicane, chicanery, sharp practice, knavery, jugglery, concealment, guile, doubling, duplicity, foul play, diplomacy, politics, Machiavelism, jobbery, backstairs influence, art, artifice, device, machination, plot, maneuver, stratagem, dodge, sidestep, artful dodge, wile, trick, trickery, ruse, ruse de guerre, finesse, side blow, thin end of the wedge, shift, go by, subterfuge, evasion, white lie, juggle, tour de force, tricks of the trade, tricks upon travelers, espieglerie, net, trap, Ulysses, Machiavel, sly boots, fox, reynard, Scotchman, Jew, Yankee, intriguer, intrigant, floater, Indian giver, keener, repeater, cunning, crafty, artful, skillful, subtle, feline, vulpine, cunning as a fox, cunning as a serpent, deep, deep laid, profound, designing, contriving, intriguing, strategic, diplomatic, politic, Machiavelian, timeserving, artificial, tricky, tricksy, wily, sly, slim, insidious, stealthy, underhand, subdolous, deceitful, slippery as an eel, evasive, crooked, arch, pawky, shrewd, acute, sharp, sharp as a tack, sharp as a needle, canny, astute, leery, knowing, up to snuff, too clever by half, not to be caught with chaff, tactful, diplomatic, politic, polite, cunningly, slyly, slily, on the sly, by a side wind, diamond cut diamond, a' bis ou a blanc, fin contre fin, something is rotten in the state of Denmark.Courtesy
N courtesy, respect, good manners, good behavior, good breeding, manners, politeness, bienseance, urbanity, comity, gentility, breeding, polish, presence, civility, civilization, amenity, suavity, good temper, good humor, amiability, easy temper, complacency, soft tongue, mansuetude, condescension, affability, complaisance, pr_evenance, amability, gallantry, pink of politeness, pink of courtesy, compliment, fair words, soft words, sweet words, honeyed phrases, ceremonial salutation, reception, presentation, introduction, accueil, greeting, recognition, welcome, abord, respects, devoir, regards, remembrances, kind regards, kind remembrances, love, best love, duty, empty encomium, flattering remark, hollow commendation, salaams, obeisance, bow, courtesy, curtsy, scrape, salaam, kotow, kowtow, bowing and scraping, kneeling, genuflection, obsequiousness, capping, shaking hands grip of the hand, embrace, hug, squeeze, accolade, loving cup, vin d'honneur, pledge, love token, kiss, buss, salute, mark of recognition, nod, nods and becks and wreathed smiles, valediction, condolence, courteous, polite, civil, mannerly, urbane, well-behaved, well- mannered, well-bred, well-brought up, good-mannered, polished, civilized, cultivated, refined, gentlemanlike, gallant, on one's good behavior, fine spoken, fair spoken, soft-spoken, honey-mouthed, honey- tongued, oily, bland, obliging, conciliatory, complaisant, complacent, obsequious, ingratiating, winning, gentle, mild, good-humored, cordial, gracious, affable, familiar, neighborly, diplomatic, tactful, politic, artful, courteously, with a good grace, with open arms, with outstretched arms, a bras ouverts, suaviter in modo, in good humor, Int, hail!, welcome!, well met!, ave!, all hail!, good day, good morrow!, Godspeed!, pax vobiscum!, may your shadow never be less!, Tien de plus estimable que la ceremonie, the very pink of courtesy.
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