tactfully
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Tactfully provide an example or two of how this is playing out for you, and let him know that when he returns, you will make sure his re-entry is smooth.
From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2022
Tactfully, he doesn’t mention Harris, but he may as well have been cataloguing her wardrobe.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 15, 2019
Tactfully, he tried to get me to see that my job was not just to show that I could turn corners and do three-point turns and parallel park.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 26, 2015
Tactfully, Riefenstahl does not show Hitler's reaction to Owens's spectacular achievement.
From The Guardian • Jun. 14, 2012
Tactfully, Freddy dropped the subject of papas, wooed Florette, and tried to atone for his shortcomings.
From O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 by Marshall, Edison
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