0 the ability to say or do the right thing without making anyone unhappy or angry -- （處事、言談等的）得體，乖巧，機敏；外交手腕
Often it has been simply a gesture of tact towards the feelings, however bigoted, of others, whether friends, family or colleagues.
With exquisite tact and selfdenial, he has never allowed his passions for cricket and interesting motorcars to impinge on our conversation.
Tact that informs the sense of touch, attracts, and comes to rest on the threshold of the approach.
A consequentialist who possesses a genuinely friendly character would abandon her friends with gentle tact and a loving, sorrowful explanation.
For the women who were involved, these sorts of visits required tact.
This alludes to their mastery of craft and tact.
Symons translates foreign culture without tact or regard for history, the better to free the dance and the body from the mundane order of signification.
This is an important matter of architectural tact.
