tactfuladjective
uk/ˈtækt.fəl/us/ˈtækt.fəl/C2 careful not to say or do anything that could upset someone:
Mentioning his baldness wasn't very tactful.
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Kind & thoughtful
- accommodating
- attentive
- avuncular
- be all heart idiom
- be big of sb idiom
- benign
- consideration
- diplomatic
- fatherly
- good-hearted
- good-natured
- goodwill
- gracious
- motherly
- neighbourly
- nice
- nicely
- obliging
- supportive
- well meant
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tactfully
adverb uk/ˈtækt.fəl.i/us/ˈtækt.fəl.i/
I tried to say as tactfully as I could that she was totally wrong.