TACTLESSLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tactlessly mean? 

• TACTLESSLY (adverb)
  The adverb TACTLESSLY has 1 sense:

1. without tact; in a tactless manner

  Familiarity information: TACTLESSLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TACTLESSLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Without tact; in a tactless manner

Context example:

at the moment of the murder, he is standing in front of television cameras and talking tactlessly

Antonym:

tactfully (showing tact or tactfulness; in a tactful manner)

Pertainym:

tactless (lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others)

 Context examples 

I realize now that under different circumstances that conversation might have been one of the crises of my life. But, because the offer was obviously and tactlessly for a service to be rendered, I had no choice except to cut him off there.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)