tacitly
/tˈæsɪtli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a tacit manner; done in silence or implied.
Example Sentences
- "Your failure to object to the request resulted in you tacitly approving the change."
- "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."
- "Since old Waziri’s death Tarzan had been directing the warriors in battle, and the temporary command had been tacitly conceded to him."
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
more tacitly (comparative)
most tacitly (superlative)