Antonyms for tactfulness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : takt-fuh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtækt fəl


Definition of tactfulness

Origin :
  • 1864, from tact + -ful. Related: Tactfully; tactfulness.
  • noun tact
Example sentences :
  • "Yes," I said, grateful for the screen's tactfulness, unintentional or not.
  • Extract from : « The Night of the Long Knives » by Fritz Reuter Leiber
  • Would they end by proving her destruction, notwithstanding all her tactfulness?
  • Extract from : « The Hidden Force » by Louis Couperus
  • My father's tactfulness toward us amounted almost to timidity.
  • Extract from : « Reminiscences of Tolstoy » by Ilya Tolstoy
  • The two girls showed their appreciation for his tactfulness in different ways.
  • Extract from : « The Sins of the Children » by Cosmo Hamilton
  • They are heathen; but if the religious would enter there with love and tactfulness they would teach them.
  • Extract from : « The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 » by E. H. Blair
  • An incident followed which once more showed the tactfulness of character so desirable and important in a Sovereign.
  • Extract from : « The Life of King Edward VII » by J. Castell Hopkins
  • Still, I will give Kennedy credit for a tactfulness that I didn't know the old fellow possessed.
  • Extract from : « The Silent Bullet » by Arthur B. Reeve
  • It speaks well for Henri's tactfulness that for a time at least this ménage à trois appears to have been quite amiably conducted.
  • Extract from : « Love affairs of the Courts of Europe » by Thornton Hall
  • "This is Kit Kennedy," said Vara, with a feeling that she must by her tactfulness carry off an awkward situation.
  • Extract from : « Cleg Kelly, Arab of the City » by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
  • With much of his father's haughtiness of manner he combined a tactfulness and self-control which his father never exhibited.
  • Extract from : « The Political History of England - Vol. X. » by William Hunt

Synonyms for tactfulness

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