tactfulness

American  

[takt-fuhl-nis] / ˈtækt fəl nɪs /

noun

1. the quality or skill of handling difficult or delicate situations without giving offense.

   Her promotion was based on her influence and tactfulness in dealing with outside vendors, managers, and subordinates.

   Showing what some would consider a certain lack of tactfulness, he declared that the emperor's pious works were of no value whatsoever.

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Etymology

Origin of tactfulness

tactful ( def. ) + -ness ( def. )

Example Sentences

Don’t get me wrong here—I’m sure it’s upsetting to listen to your sister-in-law talk trash about your church and religion, but other than the lack of tactfulness, it’s her right to do so.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2021

They must be greeted with respect, compassion and tactfulness.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Yes," I said, grateful for the screen's tactfulness, unintentional or not.

From The Night of the Long Knives by Finlay, Virgil

"Perhaps it is heeding the tactfulness of being engaged to one man while you are married to another," he struck back, goaded to a brutality foreign to his nature.

From A Man's Hearth by Ingram, Eleanor M. (Eleanor Marie)

The most that they could hope was by great "tactfulness" to persuade her to be "reasonable" on certain points.

From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Rives, Amélie