The Crossword Solver found 20 answers to “___ savvy”, 4 letters crossword clue. The Crossword Solver finds answers to American-style crosswords, British-style crosswords, general knowledge crosswords and cryptic crossword puzzles.
Answer : TACT
tact, tactfulness – n
consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense
SYNONYMS
diplomacy, tactfulness, considerateness, consideration, courteousness, courtesy, delicacy, graciousness, sensitivity, thoughtfulness
EXAMPLES
“He had constant encounters with the mob, but his tact and courage never failed.”
“The dukedom offered him by George II., whose ill-will his fine tact had overcome, was refused.”
“It was my teacher’s genius, her quick sympathy, her loving tact which made the first years of my education so beautiful.”
ETYMOLOGY
1650s, “sense of touch or feeling” (with an isolated instance, tacþe from c. 1200), from Latin tactus “a touch, handling, sense of touch,” from root of tangere “to touch,” from PIE root *tag- “to touch, handle.” Meaning “sense of discernment in action or conduct, diplomacy, fine intuitive mental perception” first recorded 1804, from development in French cognate tact. The Latin figurative sense was “influence, effect.”
More Clues
- TECH -savvy ONTO Catch (comprehend)
- MORAL _ compass; sense of right and wrong
- DEALER Wheeler-; shrewd entrepreneur AT AN Arrive understanding
KEMO Sabe (Lone Ranger) - ABLE Have savvy LIKE Savvy
- MIND Savvy
- TACT Savvy
- UPON Savvy as to
- HOAX Savvy
- KNOW Savvy
- ENDS The financially savvy make them meet
- VEES Savvy pair? NOUS French, we savvy
- USER Computer-savvy person
- NINE Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton portray savvy secretaries in to Five
LOVE AND Understanding, hit for 6D - DREAD “What the hammer? what the chain, In what furnace was thy brain? What the anvil? what grasp…” (William Blake, The Tyger)
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