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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tactful \Tact"ful\, adjective Full of tact; characterized by a discerning sense of what is right, proper, or judicious. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
tactful
adjective
1: 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" [ant: {tactless}]
2: 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" [syn: {kid-glove}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
133 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, workmanlike
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