tactfully

1. 1.

   showing tact or tactfulness; in a tactful manner

   “he stepped tactfully in to prevent trouble”

   Antonymstactlessly

Questions about tactfully

What does tactfully mean?

tactfully means "showing tact or tactfulness; in a tactful manner".

How many syllables are in tactfully?

tactfully has 3 syllables: tact-ful-ly. The stress falls on "tact". In IPA it is /ˈtæktfəli/.

What is the opposite of tactfully?

The recorded antonyms are tactlessly.

Is tactfully a common word?

tactfully is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.