单词 | tactlessly |
释义 | tactlessly (once / 82079 pages) adv WORD FAMILY tactless: tactlessly, tactlessness+/tact: tactful, tactless, tacts/tactful: tactfulest, tactfully, tactfulness, untactful/untactful: untactfully USAGE EXAMPLESThe proudly ethnic Greek American family members that Vardalos introduced 14 years ago still butt tactlessly into one another’s lives. Washington Post(Mar 31, 2016) But, because the offer was obviously and tactlessly for a service to be rendered, I had no choice except to cut him off there. F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby(1925) The conversation had scarcely begun when one of the women somewhat tactlessly remarked, "General, this is a young man's war, isn't it?" Broun, Heywood, The A.E.F.—With General Pershing an...(2012) adv without tact; in a tactless manner at the moment of the murder, he is standing in front of television cameras and talking tactlessly Ant tactfully showing tact or tactfulness; in a tactful manner |
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