[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tactful \tact"ful\, a.
   full of tact; characterized by a discerning sense of what is
   right, proper, or judicious.
   webster 1913 suppl. tactic

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

tactful
     adj 1: having or showing a sense of what is fitting and considerate
            in dealing with others; "she was tactful enough not to
            shatter his illusion"; "a tactful remark eased her
            embarrassment" ant: tactless
     2: showing skill and sensitivity in dealing with people; "by
        diplomatic conduct he avoided antagonizing anyone"; "a
        tactful way of correcting someone"; "the agency got the
        kid-glove treatment on capitol hill" syn: kid-glove
see also:
tactless kid-glove 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

133 moby thesaurus words for "tactful":
   daedalian, accommodating, accommodative, accurate, acute, adept,
   adroit, affable, agreeable, allergic, anaphylactic, appreciative,
   apt, artistic, attentive, authoritative, bravura, brilliant,
   careful, civil, clean, clever, complaisant, considerate,
   coordinated, courteous, crack, crackerjack, critical, cunning,
   cute, daedal, deferential, deft, delicate, dexterous, dextrous,
   differential, diplomatic, discerning, discreet, discriminate,
   discriminating, discriminative, distinctive, distinguishing,
   empathetic, empathic, exact, excellent, expert, fair, fancy,
   fastidious, fine, good, goodish, goosy, graceful, gracious, handy,
   heedful, helpful, hyperesthetic, hyperpathic, hypersensitive,
   indulgent, ingenious, irritable, itchy, judicious, lenient,
   magisterial, masterful, masterly, mindful, mindful of others, neat,
   nervous, nice, no mean, obliging, overrefined, oversensible,
   oversensitive, overtender, passible, perceptive, polished, polite,
   politic, precise, prickly, professional, proficient, prudent,
   quick, quite some, ready, refined, regardful, resourceful,
   respectful, responsive, selective, sensitive, skilled, skillful,
   skittish, slick, solicitous, some, statesmanlike, stylish, suave,
   subtle, supersensitive, sympathetic, tactical, tender, tetchy,
   the compleat, the complete, thin-skinned, thoughtful, ticklish,
   tolerant, touchy, understanding, urbane, virtuoso, well-done,
   workmanlike

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