Just as sensitive fingers can perceive if something is sticky, soft, polished, hot, or hairy, so a tactful person can sense the feelings of other people and can discern how his words or actions affect them.
व्यवहारचातुर्य यासाठी असलेला इंग्रजी शब्द मुळात, स्पर्श याला सूचित करतो.