Synonyms for tactfulness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : takt-fuh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtækt fəl |
Top 10 synonyms for tactfulness Other synonyms for the word tactfulness
- common sense
- delicacy
- delicatesse
- diplomacy
- discernment
- discretion
- discrimination
- gallantry
- good taste
- head
- horse sense
- intelligence
- judgment
- penetration
- perception
- perspicacity
- poise
- policy
- politicness
- presence
- prudence
- refinement
- repose
- savoir faire
- savoir-faire
- sensitivity
- skill
- smoothness
- suavity
- subtlety
- understanding
- urbanity
Définition of tactfulness
Origin :- 1864, from tact + -ful. Related: Tactfully; tactfulness.
- noun tact
- "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
Antonyms for tactfulness
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