Having, or using tact. Example: Tactful: "What a quaint system. You've done such a nice job of keeping it running for so long." Not Tactful: "So why don't you throw that piece of crap away and get a new one?"

Tact"ful (?), a.

Full of tact; characterized by a discerning sense of what is right, proper, or judicious.

 

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