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Synonyms for diplomatically

The synonym for diplomatically recorded in this bank is tactfully, in the sense "in a way that handles a sensitive situation with tact". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · adverb · 1 reason line

The synonym for diplomatically

  • tactfullyadverb, in the sense "in a way that handles a sensitive situation with tact"

A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for diplomatically.

The senseadverbTier 2, TreelinePeople and roles

in a way that handles a sensitive situation with tact

He diplomatically smoothed over the disagreement between the two coworkers.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

tactfully

Same sentence, swapped: He tactfully smoothed over the disagreement between the two coworkers.

Close but different

Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.

  • bluntly
  • carelessly
  • abruptly

Where diplomatically turns up in the game

diplomatically is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play diplomatically

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so diplomatically reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. diplomatically carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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