Tactfully

"Tactfully" in a Sentence (7 examples)

He made his suggestion very tactfully.

Tom made his suggestion very tactfully.

Tom tactfully avoided answering Mary's question.

Do it tactfully.

Mark tactfully removed himself from any conversation involving backbiting.

Yuri tactfully declined Martha's invitation.

But when the shock had faded, more hard-headed reaction set in. This wasn’t just the feeling that, however tactfully you dress it up, the United States had it coming.

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