To talk carefully without hurting anyone’s feelings, that’s tact. Politicians have tact, which makes them good at speaking about sensitive matters without making fools of themselves. At least, sometimes they have tact.
The sense of touch; feeling.
Noun
consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence
n.
The sense of touch; feeling.
n.
The stroke in beating time.
n.
Sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or faculty; nice
perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what
is required by circumstances.
Tact
Did you suppose that I could not make myself sensible to tact as well as sight?
Now, sight is a very refined tact.2.
He had formed plans not inferior in grandeur and boldness to those of Richelieu, and had carried them into effect with a tact and wariness worthy of Mazarin.
A tact which surpassed the tact of her sex as much as the tact of her sex surpassed the tact of ours.
The sense of touch; feeling.
Usage Examples
Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.
Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.
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Other Usage ExamplesIf you use tact you can say anything, then make it funny.
Tact and diplomacy are fine in international relations, in politics, perhaps even in business in science only one thing matters, and that is the facts.
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