tactfully \ˈtækt.fə.li\
What would the Queen think? Would she be offended? These questions were answered by a spokesperson from Buckingham Palace, very tactfully putting forward Her Majesty's reassurance that 'The Queen has seen topless ladies before.— (The Royal Variety Charity, « Royal Variety Performance : 1975, London Palladium », royalvarietycharity.org, 10 novembre 1975.)
This is a formula which tactfully acknowledges that the Queen is in excellent health at 80 and that the Queen Mother only recently died at 101.— (Michael White, « Charles denies planning to reign as King George », theguardian.com, 27 décembre 2005.)
When I called Lords of the Manor to book the table, the French voice on the phone tactfully suggested that jeans and trainers would be inappropriate for the dining room.— (Alex James, « Lords of the Manor », thetimes.co.uk, 15 avril 2007.)
“Now is not the time” for a second referendum on Scottish independence, said Theresa May on Thursday. Tactfully, she didn’t add, “and it never will be”, but that is what she means.— (John Rentoul, « A second Scottish independence referendum is never going to happen », independent.co.uk , 18 mars 2017.)
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