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tacitly en · ADV

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Etymology

Etymology tree English tacit Middle English -ly English -ly English tacitly From tacit + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a tacit manner; done in silence or implied.
   • Regarding the “3.5% rule”, she [Erica Chenoweth] points out that while 3.5% is a small minority, such a level of active participation probably means many more people tacitly agree with the cause. 2019 May 13, David Robson, “The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world”, in BBC:
   • Since old Waziri’s death Tarzan had been directing the warriors in battle, and the temporary command had been tacitly conceded to him. 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 148:
   • The new accusation brought by Urban against Manfred of murdering his sister-in-law's embassador – it may be observed that, tacitly, he acquits him of parricide, fratricide, and nepoticide – requires a little explanation. 1856, Mrs. William Busk, Mediæval Popes, Emperors, Kings, and Crusaders: Or, Germany, Italy and Palestine, from A.D. 1125 to A.D. 1268, volume IV, London: Hookham and Sons, →OCLC, page 294:
   • Your failure to object to the request resulted in you tacitly approving the change.
   • The assumption that these are identical in meaning and usage between Indian English and Anglo-American English, while tacitly accepted, is untested, and fundamentally unknown. 2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 306:

Forms

Translations (8)

ru негла́сно (in a tacit manner) · fr tacitement (in a tacit manner) · es tácitamente (in a tacit manner) · ca tàcitament (in a tacit manner) · ru молчали́во (in a tacit manner) · ro în mod tacit (in a tacit manner) · pl milcząco (in a tacit manner) · bg мълчали́во (in a tacit manner)