Definition of "tactfully" []

• In a tactful manner. (adverb)

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• "Bard Du Pont was the most prolific of the lot, "and we were all very impressed with his productivity," Grace recalled tactfully, "but none of us could stand listening to his lyrics.""
• "No doubt the day by day wholesale slaughter of families and their homes was also done 'tactfully'."
• "She'll be immense -- "tactfully" immense, with Father about it -- she'll manage that, for herself and for him, all right; but where the iron will enter into her will be at the thought of her having for so long given raison, as they say in Paris -- or as poor Lorraine at least says they say -- to a couple like Maria and Tom Price."