Meanings
adverbtactfully (comparative more tactfully, superlative most tactfully)
comparative more tactfully · superlative most tactfully
- In a tactful manner.
But when the shock had faded, more hard-headed reaction set in. This wasn’t just the feeling that, however tactfully you dress it up, the United States had it coming.
2001 October 4, Mary Beard, “11 September”, in London Review of Books, volume 23, number 19, →ISSN
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbshowing tact or tactfulness; in a tactful manner
Opposite
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Origin
Translations
Finnish hienotunteisesti
- hienotunteisestiin a tactful manner
Hungarian tapintatosan
- tapintatosanin a tactful manner
Spanish discretamente, con mucho tacto
- discretamentein a tactful manner
- con mucho tactoin a tactful manner
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APA
tactfully. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tactfully
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“tactfully.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tactfully. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tactfully,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tactfully.
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