adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
way
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The photograph would, Rose believed, be a tactful way of hinting that she didn't intend being around so much.
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As a parent, Ray said, he had appreciated the firm but tactful way Corrada had spoken to Joseph.
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I put this poser to him, though in a more tactful way , you understand.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Besides..." Melissa hesitated, trying to think of a tactful way of telling him the truth.
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Can you help me think of a tactful way to ask her to stop calling?
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I wish you'd be more tactful - didn't you realize she was divorced?
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It wasn't very tactful of you to ask whether he'd put on weight.
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Mandy thought her mother's outfit was a little too fancy, but was too tactful to say so.
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My parents tried to be tactful about my new boyfriend, but I knew they didn't like him.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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In as tactful a way as she could contrive she asked Shildon to hurry up with what he wanted to say.
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In the Senate, he has been a bit more tactful but is still a consummate partisan.
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Jane promises to give Zoe a tactful explanation.
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Nevertheless, Richard declared that he had witnesses to prove it and Philip made a tactful withdrawal, secretly plotting with Tancred.
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Penelope became the aggressor, tactful , knowledgeable, sure as the lover.
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Perhaps Hincmar's silence here was tactful , since Charles the Bald's sons had not distinguished themselves in the traditional roles.
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You're more tactful than I am.