My first impression was that he was a tactful politician.
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Tactful
//ˈtæktfəl//
Synonyms for "tactful" (138 found)
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1 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
6 entriesTranslations
33 translations across 18 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- taktvol adj (possessing tact)
Bulgarian
1 entries- тактичен adj (possessing tact)
Catalan
1 entries- discret adj (possessing tact)
Czech
1 entries- taktní adj (possessing tact)
Dutch
1 entries- tactvol adj (possessing tact)
Esperanto
1 entries- taktoplena adj (possessing tact)
Finnish
2 entries- hienotunteinen adj (possessing tact)
- tahdikas adj (possessing tact)
French
2 entries- diplomatique adj (possessing tact)
- plein de tact adj (possessing tact)
German
1 entries- taktvoll adj (possessing tact)
Hungarian
3 entries- diplomatikus adj (possessing tact)
- diszkrét adj (possessing tact)
- tapintatos adj (possessing tact)
Kazakh
1 entries- бипаз adj (possessing tact)
Māori
2 entries- matawhāiti adj (possessing tact)
- whakahangahanga adj (possessing tact)
Persian
2 entries- با ظرافت adj (possessing tact)
- سنجیده adj (possessing tact)
Polish
1 entries- taktowny adj (possessing tact)
Russian
2 entries- дипломати́чный adj (possessing tact)
- такти́чный adj (possessing tact)
Spanish
4 entries- abundante de tacto adj (possessing tact)
- con gracia adj (possessing tact)
- con mucho tacto adj (possessing tact)
- con tacto adj (possessing tact)
Ukrainian
1 entries- такто́вний adj (possessing tact)
Vietnamese
1 entries- khôn khéo adj (possessing tact)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
She struck me as a tactful girl.
Source: tatoeba (313134)
Sometimes it's hard to be tactful and honest at the same time.
Source: tatoeba (625168)
Tom is tactful.
Source: tatoeba (2203431)
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