Definitions for tacitly
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tacitlyadverb

   in a tacit manner; by unexpressed agreement

   "they are tacitly expected to work 10 hours a day"

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1. tacitlyadverb

   In a tacit manner; done in silence or implied.

   Your failure to object to the request resulted in you tacitly approving the change.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tacitlyadverb

   Silently; without oral expression.

   Etymology: from tacit.

   While they are exposing another’s weaknesses, they are tacitly aiming at their own commendations. Addison.

   Indulgence to the vices of men can never be tacitly implied, since they are plainly forbidden in scripture. John Rogers, Serm.

Anagrams for tacitly »

1. cattily

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tacitly in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tacitly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of tacitly in a Sentence

1. Meryl Streep:

   I was n’t deliberately silent. I did n’t know. I don’t tacitly approve of rape. I did n’t know. I don’t like young women being assaulted. I did n’t know this was happening.

2. Steve Vladeck:

   By vacating the decision below and ordering the lower court to dismiss the suit as being moot, the Justices avoided either tacitly endorsing or rejecting the lower court's analysis, leaving no federal precedent to govern the question of whether the Pennsylvania Supreme Court was allowed to extend the deadline for receipt of mail-in ballots last fall.

3. The President:

   The longer that we allow the political rhetoric of late to continue and the longer that we tacitly accept it, we create a permission structure that allows the animosity in one corner of our politics to infect our broader society, and animosity breeds animosity.

4. Lloyd Green:

   Acosta acknowledges Trumps working-class base and captures the shock that reverberated with his upset win. But he fails to place the rage and resentment in the larger context of how America and the west reached this inflection point, acosta should address all this after he tacitly cops to acting like an advocate or editorialist, as opposed to simply reporting breaking news or calling balls and strikes. In his words : Neutrality for the sake of neutrality doesnt really serve us in the age of Trump.

5. President Barack Obama:

   The longer that we allow the political rhetoric of late to continue, and the longer that we tacitly accept it, we create a permission structure that allows the animosity in one corner of our politics to infect our broader society, and animosity breeds animosity.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=tacitly
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tacitly
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=tacitly