tact

He was no teacher, and he lacked the tact required in getting along with his classes.

It was foolish and thoughtless of me to say this, but you know how little tact the average painter has.

The result has all the passion, tact, and nuance of a street-corner preacher.

Unions take a different tact, said Nadya Stevens, an organizer for CWA Local 1180.

The 27-year-old will need to display a level of tact and diplomacy with which he has not previously ever been associated.

Under his rough exterior Soult hid great powers of business, a keen perspicacity, and much tact.

It made him feel important and he appreciated the tact that made it almost seem as though he had been expected.

If he had ever prided himself upon his tact, he was aware that to-day it would be a most miserable failure.

As railway secretary of the Board of Trade he was particularly distinguished for tact, strength and moderation.

The imperial army had to be disbanded—a most unpopular and thankless task, requiring both tact and firmness.