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tactical Definition

tac·ti·cal (takti kəl)

adjective

  1. of or having to do with tactics, esp. in military or naval maneuvers
  2. characterized by or showing cleverness and skill in tactics

tactical Related Forms

tac·ti·cally adverb

tactical Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • voting: Be they tactical voting, stronger RESPECT regions or whatever.
  • nous: It was his tactical nous, and his leadership that made him great, ask Conservative historian Andrew Roberts.
  • shooter: Republic Commando - a vaguely tactical first-person shooter - is one such expansion of that Universe.
  • acumen: My only question mark would be over his tactical acumen in the Premier League.
  • weapon: There are worries, too, about the security of tactical nuclear weapons.

Modifying Another Word

  • purely: The Default Notice is therefore seen as purely tactical in the face of the current adjudication.
  • highly: This has led to Calderbank letters sometimes being used in a highly tactical way in negotiations.
  • very: I was very tactical today, I attacked more than I did last week.
  • also: Here it is physical but also tactical, " he says.
  • merely: This is the case because substantive change itself must always move beyond the merely tactical or pragmatic.
  • together: The TP meeting decisions are presented at the fortnightly Thursday Together tactical meeting, where decisions on the allocation of CO resources are made.

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