At which point Shelby promptly tossed aside any attempt to speak in a diplomatic or tactful manner.

He maintained his tactful manner, explained to her that the store had a strict no-smoking policy.

The most important was how to make Frank realize, in a tactful manner, that his store should bring in more money.

Still, both sides tend to agree that Leo XIII wrote in a less condemnatory or at least more tactful manner than most of his immediate predecessors.

"Has the beauty left in a tactful manner?"

I hesitated, casting about for a tactful manner in which to broach the next subject.

Zinnia was about to suggest once again, in a tactful manner, that she had to leave.

In my opinion, the Commission should keep its finger on the pulse, in a tactful manner, of course, but a finger on the pulse nonetheless.

A brief pause followed while Clifford wrestled in his mind with the problem of how to broach the object of his call in a tactful manner.

I obviously felt like it could have been done in a little bit more tactful manner," he said, "but that doesn't negate the fact that I had six great years there.