adverb
With skill and sensitivity in dealing with others or with difficult issues.
‘wise yet tactfully handled advice’
- ‘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.’