tactfulness
Example Sentences
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Don’t get me wrong here—I’m sure it’s upsetting to listen to your sister-in-law talk trash about your church and religion, but other than the lack of tactfulness, it’s her right to do so.
From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2021
They must be greeted with respect, compassion and tactfulness.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yet they are sprinkled with admirable stanzas of natural description, shrewd criticism, delightful humor, and are pervaded by a delicate tactfulness possible only to a man with a genius for friendship.
From Robert Burns How To Know Him by William Allan Neilson
Franklin was somewhat impressed with the swiftness of acquaintanceships and of general affairs in this new land, but he retained his own tactfulness and made polite assurances of aid should it become possible.
From The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of the Plains by Emerson Hough
The ease and tactfulness of the answer saved the situation.
From Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion by Bertram Mitford
