tactfully
taktfuh lee
- r showing tact or tactfulness; in a tactful manner
he stepped tactfully in to prevent trouble
- Every so often, Jimmy Carter sifts through his mail and finds a tactfully worded testament to his inadequacy.
- From the midpoint on, as the director's plot summary tactfully puts it, "things go from bad to worse.
- Checkups are typically too brief to allow a doctor to broach the topic tactfully and work out a detailed, practical weight-loss plan.