Definition of Tactlessly

1. Adverb. Without tact; in a tactless manner. "At the moment of the murder, he is standing in front of television cameras and talking tactlessly"

Antonyms: Tactfully
Partainyms: Tactless

Definition of Tactlessly

1. Adverb. In a tactless manner; in a manner intentionally inconsiderate of another's feelings. ¹

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Definition of Tactlessly

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tactlessly

tactile hyperesthesia
tactile image
tactile meniscus
tactile organ
tactile property
tactile sensation
tactile sense
tactilely
tactilities
tactility
taction
tactions
tactism
tactisms
tactless
tactlessly (current term)
tactlessness
tactlessnesses
tactometer
tactometers
tactor
tacts
tactual
tactual exploration
tactual sensation
tactuall
tactually
tadago-pie
tadago-pies
tadalafil

Literary usage of Tactlessly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by Herbert George Wells (1921)
"Bacon attacked dead and living worthies, tactlessly, fatuously, and unfairly. Of his life scarcely anything is known, save from his allusions to himself and ..."

2. The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by Herbert George Wells (1921)
"Bacon attacked dead and living worthies, tactlessly, fatuously, and unfairly. Of his life scarcely anything is known, save from his allusions to himself and ..."

3. The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by Herbert George Wells (1922)
"Bacon attacked dead and living worthies, tactlessly, fatuously, and unfairly. Of his life scarcely anything is known, save from his allusions to himself and ..."

4. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1909)
"That opportunity first came under Sir Charles Theophilus Metcalfe, who was Governor from 1843 to 1845, and who tactlessly at once raised the questions which ..."

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