Meaning | Using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or people. |
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Example | "the hostess averted a confrontation with a diplomatic chenage of subject" |
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Synonym | diplomatical |
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Narrower | politic, smooth, suave, bland | smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication |
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tactful, kid-glove | showing skill and sensitivity in dealing with people |
See also | politic | marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness |
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statesmanlike, statesmanly | marked by the qualities of or befitting a statesman |
Opposite | undiplomatic | not skilled in dealing with others |
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Spanish | diplomático |
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Catalan | diplomàtic |
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Nouns | diplomacy | subtly skillful handling of a situation |
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Adverbs | diplomatically | with diplomacy |
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undiplomatically | without diplomacy |