Tactfully is the adverb: doing or saying something in a way that avoids upsetting or embarrassing the other person. You put something tactfully, tactfully suggest, tactfully point out, tactfully decline, tactfully avoid a subject, tactfully change the subject. The adverb is where this word family is most useful in everyday English, because it modifies the act of speaking, which is where tact actually lives.

Tactfully is the adverbtactfully 是副詞: doing or saying something in a way that avoids upsetting or embarrassing the other person指用一種不會讓對方不高興或難堪的方式去做或說某件事。 You put something tactfully你婉轉地講一件事（put something tactfully）, tactfully suggest婉轉地建議（tactfully suggest）, tactfully point out婉轉地指出（tactfully point out）, tactfully decline婉轉地拒絕（tactfully decline）, tactfully avoid a subject婉轉地避開某個話題（tactfully avoid a subject）, tactfully change the subject婉轉地轉移話題（tactfully change the subject）。 The adverb is where this word family is most useful in everyday English這個字族裡，副詞形式在日常英文裡最實用, because it modifies the act of speaking因為它修飾的是「說話」這個動作, which is where tact actually lives而 tact（得體）本來就是體現在說話上的。

Two of the patterns are worth learning as whole phrases. 'To put it tactfully' — as in 'how can I put this tactfully?' — is what people say aloud when they are searching for a kind way to deliver bad news, and the phrase itself warns the listener that something uncomfortable is coming.

Two of the patterns are worth learning as whole phrases有兩個固定用法值得整組學起來。 'To put it tactfully' — as in 'how can I put this tactfully?''To put it tactfully'——像是 'how can I put this tactfully?'（我該怎麼婉轉地說呢？） — is what people say aloud when they are searching for a kind way to deliver bad news是大家在想找一個委婉方式講壞消息時會說出口的話, and the phrase itself warns the listener that something uncomfortable is coming而這句話本身就是在提醒聽的人，接下來要講的事不太好聽。

The other is 'tactfully + a verb of avoiding': tactfully ignored, tactfully overlooked, tactfully said nothing. Here the tact is in what was NOT done, and English uses the adverb to make that restraint visible and deliberate rather than accidental.

The other is 'tactfully + a verb of avoiding'另一個是「tactfully + 表示迴避的動詞」: tactfully ignored識相地假裝沒看到（tactfully ignored）, tactfully overlooked識相地略過（tactfully overlooked）, tactfully said nothing識相地什麼也沒說（tactfully said nothing）。 Here the tact is in what was NOT done這裡的「得體」，體現在「沒做的事」上, and English uses the adverb to make that restraint visible and deliberate rather than accidental而英文用這個副詞，讓這種「刻意的克制」變得看得見、有意為之，而不是碰巧發生。

It is a neutral word, at home in speech and writing alike, and very common in workplace and advice contexts. The opposite is tactlessly, which describes blundering into the sore spot without thinking.

It is a neutral word這是一個中性的字, at home in speech and writing alike口語和書面語都很自然, and very common in workplace and advice contexts在職場和給建議的情境裡很常見。 The opposite is tactlessly相反詞是 tactlessly, which describes blundering into the sore spot without thinking指毫不考慮就一頭撞進痛處的那種說法。