tactfulness
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Don’t get me wrong here—I’m sure it’s upsetting to listen to your sister-in-law talk trash about your church and religion, but other than the lack of tactfulness, it’s her right to do so.
From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2021
They must be greeted with respect, compassion and tactfulness.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Archduke valued this proof of friendly tactfulness on the part of the King very highly, and always afterwards Roumania, in his eyes, was endowed with a special charm.
From In the World War by Ottokar Theobald Otto Maria, Graf Czernin von und zu Chudenitz
Resentment, all the more bitter because he believed it to be groundless, followed hard on the heels of her words which he thought to be inspired solely by a delicate tactfulness.
From The Girl of the Golden West by David Belasco
At any rate she surmised the real reason of my prompt visit to them, and when supper was over, came to my help with something of my own mother's tactfulness.
From Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman by Willie Walker Caldwell
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