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Antonyms for tactlessly

Grammar : Adv
Spell : takt-lis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtækt lɪs


Definition of tactlessly

Origin :
  • 1847, from tact + -less. Related: Tactlessly; tactlessness.
  • As in rudely : adv impolitely
Example sentences :
  • I've no doubt Crawleigh did it as tactlessly as possible, and Barbara took it as a challenge.
  • Extract from : « Lady Lilith » by Stephen McKenna
  • It so tactlessly implied that she did not mean what she had said.
  • Extract from : « A Prairie Courtship » by Harold Bindloss
  • She had a knack of behaving awkwardly and tactlessly, of saying things which she ought not to say.
  • Extract from : « The Later Life » by Louis Couperus
  • The Greeks had most tactlessly hoisted huge flags but were promptly dealt with.
  • Extract from : « The Secrets of a Kuttite » by Edward O. Mousley
  • The Regent had just tactlessly offended him by refusing to let him take possession of the town of Orléans.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2) » by Anatole France
  • Yet I always thought she might have taken him, in that flaming October, if he hadn't so flagrantly, tactlessly liked the place.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various
  • Tactlessly critical letters published in Northern papers did not add to their popularity.
  • Extract from : « The Sequel of Appomattox » by Walter Lynwood Fleming
  • The other members of the Government, while not so tactlessly hostile, were not particularly encouraging.
  • Extract from : « The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I » by Burton J. Hendrick
  • Bacon attacked dead and living worthies, tactlessly, fatuously, and unfairly.
  • Extract from : « The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II) » by Henry Osborn Taylor
  • She was really fine at times in her attitude towards the indiscreetly or tactlessly inquiring.
  • Extract from : « Emily Fox-Seton » by Frances Hodgson Burnett

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