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tactfully

/takt-fuhl/US // ˈtækt fəl //

巧妙地,婉转地,巧妙的,恰到好处地

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having or manifesting tact: a tactful person; a tactful reply.

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Examples

  • In Connecticut, the proceedings went off less tactfully when gun enthusiasts began shouting “the Second Amendment!”

  • To keep things from getting awkward, we offer tips on how to tactfully fill uncomfortable silences, toast each other, and more.

  • Asked whether Trierweiler's tweet hurt her chances, she demured, "I think it didn't help things, I would say, tactfully."

  • German Chancellor Angela Merkel tactfully describes the situation as an “extraordinary international crisis.”

  • How can I (a) prevent the topic from coming up, and (b) tactfully move it aside if it does?

  • Tactfully, since Craig had planned and executed the rescue attempt, Higgins was making no effort to exert his own authority.

  • Here was Perdita approaching her tactfully, and timidly entreating her to do the very thing that was in her mind to accomplish.

  • The little captain carried the conversation over, tactfully, to his favorite topic.

  • Anthony slurred over the greater question by tactfully emphasizing the lesser.

  • Old Mrs. Donegan talked freely of her neighbors after Mary had tactfully won her confidence.