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# diplomatically

«diplomatically» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a tactful way, careful not to upset or offend people** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (diplomatically; more diplomatically, most diplomatically)

### meaning for a pupil

1) In a tactful way, careful not to upset or offend people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diplomatically/#m1)

2) By means of diplomacy, the work of governments talking and agreeing with each other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diplomatically/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, answering diplomatically means saying the truth kindly: telling a friend you prefer another drawing without hurting them. In history and news, countries solve problems diplomatically through talks instead of war.

### examples

- She diplomatically said the cake was «interesting». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diplomatically/#x1)
- The teacher dealt with the argument diplomatically. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diplomatically/#x2)
- The two countries settled the quarrel diplomatically. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diplomatically/#x3)
- Dad diplomatically changed the subject. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diplomatically/#x4)
- Badger answered Toad diplomatically, so as not to make him angry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diplomatically/#x5)
- I diplomatically suggested we take turns. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diplomatically/#x6)

### note

From «diplomatic» + «-ally». Related: diplomat (a person who represents a country), diplomacy. Similar: tactfully. Opposite: bluntly, rudely.

### In the corpora

- [Toad «diplomatically»: «Come along in, and have some lunch ...](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/30-willows-ch2-part2-the-canary-coloured-cart/39/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «diplomatically» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diplomatically/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.