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tactical
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective tactical has 1 sense
- tactical(a = adj.pert) Array - of or pertaining to tactic or tactics; "a tactical error" Derived forms noun tactic1, noun tactics2, noun tactics1
CIDE DICTIONARY
tactical, a. [Gr. taktiko`s. See tactics.].
Of or pertaining to military or naval tactics; hence, pertaining to, or characterized by, planning or maneuvering for the short term; -- contrasted with strategic , planning for the long term. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tactical, adj.
1 of, relating to, or constituting tactics (a tactical retreat).
2 (of bombing or weapons) done or for use in immediate support of military or naval operations (opp. STRATEGIC).
3 adroitly planning or planned.
4 (of voting) aimed at preventing the strongest candidate from winning by supporting the next strongest.
1 of, relating to, or constituting tactics (a tactical retreat).
2 (of bombing or weapons) done or for use in immediate support of military or naval operations (opp. STRATEGIC).
3 adroitly planning or planned.
4 (of voting) aimed at preventing the strongest candidate from winning by supporting the next strongest.
Derivative
tactically adv.
Etymology
Gk taktikos (as TACTICS)
THESAURUS
tactical
Machiavellian, Machiavellic, acute, adept, adroit, advisable, arch, arranged, artful, astute, blueprinted, cagey, calculated, canny, charted, clever, contrived, crafty, cunning, cute, deceitful, deep, deep-laid, delicate, designed, designing, devised, diplomatic, feline, figured, foxy, guileful, in the works, ingenious, insidious, inventive, knowing, methodized, on the agenda, on the anvil, on the calendar, on the carpet, on the docket, on the tapis, organized, pawky, planned, plotted, politic, projected, prudent, rationalized, ready, resourceful, scheduled, schematized, scheming, serpentine, set, shaped, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick, slippery, sly, smart, smooth, snaky, sneaky, sophistical, stealthy, strategetic, strategic, subtile, subtle, supple, sur le tapis, systematized, tactful, trickish, tricksy, tricky, vulpine, wary, wily, wise, worked out
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