Meaning & use
Tactfulness
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The quality of being tactful; sensitivity and skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations without causing offense.
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Her tactfulness helped smooth over the disagreement between the two colleagues.
Delivering bad news requires real tactfulness.
A note on using this word
Closely related to "tact," from which it derives, both ultimately from Latin "tactus" (touch).
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