adverb

• With skill and sensitivity in dealing with others or with difficult issues.

  ‘wise yet tactfully handled advice’

  More example sentences

  • ‘she was trying tactfully to get rid of him’
  • ‘Cara remained tactfully silent on the matter’
  • ‘She was trying tactfully to get rid of him.’
  • ‘Tactfully, he does not accompany it with a note drawing attention to his generosity.’
  • ‘The question is how can she bring up the topic tactfully, without hurting her father?’
  • ‘I tactfully refused to comment.’
  • ‘He changed the subject tactfully.’
  • ‘I tactfully refrained from saying anything.’
  • ‘He tactfully avoided the subject of his family.’
  • ‘She tactfully averted her eyes.’
  • ‘We tactfully decline their kind offer.’
  • ‘I had decided that I should raise the issue tactfully towards the end of our conversation.’