Tact is essential but some folk have more than others
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Intact and generosity of spirit, it is the very model of what a memoirshould be.
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Garcia cites thetact taken by former Florida Governor Jeb Bush as a modelfor Zucker to follow.
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He was no teacher, and he lacked thetact required in getting along withhis classes.
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On the very first episode of that venerable program, Jock Ewing gave hisson, J.R., a tart-tongued lesson abouttact and subtlety.
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The tapering of certain letters indicates the laudable trait oftact.
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He had thetact now to conceal his astonishment at the manner of hisfriend’s speech.
The Pillar of LightLouis Tracy -
To be sure the friend must do all this with due delicacy andtact.
Practical EthicsWilliam DeWitt Hyde -
But because they have notact, they are never able to agree to the samething at the same time.
The Curious Book of BirdsAbbie Farwell Brown -
“It’s too long,” Billy urged, with more practicality thantact.
Teddy: Her BookAnna Chapin Ray -
But now the little mechanic exhibits atact that almost seems to prove aknowledge of the principles of its art.
Butterflies and MothsWilliam S. Furneaux
tact
tactfully, adverb
tactfulness, noun
tactless, adjective
tactlessly, adverb
tactlessness, noun
1650s, “sense of touch or feeling” (with an isolated instance from c.1200),from Latin tactus “touch, feeling, handling, sense of touch,” from root oftangere “to touch” (seetangent ). Meaning “sense of “discernment,diplomacy, etc.” first recorded 1804, from a sense that developed inFrench cognate tact.
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