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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Miss Manners understands your mother-in-law’s not wanting to put friends and family to work, although she might have found a more tactful way to express it to your wife.
MISS MANNERS: I FEEL ROBBED OF MY POTLUCK WEDDINGJUDITH MARTIN, NICHOLAS MARTIN, JACOBINA MARTINJANUARY 14, 2021WASHINGTON POSTBut she was a very tactful person and was about to drop the subject, when Isabel slowly turned her eyes.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONHe had tried to soften his reply, but not being politic or tactful had succeeded only in expressing himself more brusquely.
DOROTHY AT SKYRIEEVELYN RAYMONDThis, or else a tactful absenteeism, became their custom whenever licencing matters came up to be discussed.
MUSHROOM TOWNOLIVER ONIONSHe felt he had not been tactful, but he was very tired, and if he ventured an explanation might make things worse.
THE GIRL FROM KELLER'SHAROLD BINDLOSSNo one knew how to flatter in so tactful a manner, particularly in portraits of ladies.
THE HISTORY OF MODERN PAINTING, VOLUME 1 (OF 4)RICHARD MUTHERIn a flash I understood Virginia's tactful attempts at warning.
PATCHWORKANNA BALMER MYERSShe is watchful and tactful,—the little mother-talks she remembers.
THE EUGENIC MARRIAGE, VOL. 3 (OF 4)W. GRANT HAGUEIt is by no means impossible to present even this act to the child's mind in a tactful way.
THE SEXUAL LIFE OF THE CHILDALBERT MOLLHe must be everlastingly tactful and not attempt more than the simplest advances at the beginning and not more than one at a time.
CHURCH COOPERATION IN COMMUNITY LIFEPAUL L. VOGTWORDS RELATED TO TACTFUL
- alert
- attentive
- awake
- cagey
- calculating
- careful
- chary
- circumspect
- civil
- conservative
- considerate
- controlled
- diplomatic
- discerning
- discriminating
- gingerly
- guarded
- having foresight
- heedful
- intelligent
- judicious
- like a clam
- moderate
- noncommittal
- not rash
- observant
- on lookout
- politic
- precautious
- prudent
- reasonable
- reserved
- restrained
- safe
- sagacious
- strategic
- tactful
- temperate
- thoughtful
- vigilant
- wary
- watchful
- wise
- worldly-wise
- anxious
- astute
- attentive
- aware
- benign
- bleeding-heart
- canny
- careful
- cautious
- charitable
- chivalrous
- circumspect
- civil
- concerned
- considerate
- cooperative
- courteous
- deliberate
- diplomatic
- discreet
- friendly
- gallant
- gracious
- heedful
- helpful
- indulgent
- kind
- kindly
- neighborly
- obliging
- observant
- observative
- observing
- polite
- prudent
- regardful
- responsive
- sensitive
- social
- solicitous
- tactful
- unselfish
- wary
- well-bred
- well-thought-out
- astute
- aware
- calculating
- careful
- clever
- cogitative
- contemplative
- crafty
- cunning
- discerning
- discreet
- educated
- enlightened
- erudite
- experienced
- foresighted
- informed
- insightful
- intuitive
- judicious
- keen
- knowing
- knowledgeable
- perceptive
- perspicacious
- politic
- prudent
- rational
- reflective
- sagacious
- sage
- sane
- sapient
- scholarly
- sensible
- sensing
- sharp
- shrewd
- smart
- sophic
- sound
- tactful
- taught
- thoughtful
- understanding
- wary
- well-informed
- witty
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.