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tacitly
[ tas-it-lee ]
adverb
- without saying so; silently:
We both knew we had different views on the subject, and tacitly agreed not to make it an issue.
- in a way that is partly unconscious or cannot be explained in words:
The hardest tasks to automate are those demanding skills that we understand only tacitly.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tacitly1
Example Sentences
Forbes reported on Thursday that the company had "tacitly admitted" to removing reviews criticising the Gulf location's renaming on Maps.
Those Americans who chose to not vote also tacitly gave their consent to such an outcome and the end of multiracial pluralistic democracy.
A film about complicity and denial, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” examines how a seemingly reasonable husband and wife can tacitly support this national charade.
He is so worried that journalists will think he's stupid that he will tacitly admit he's lying rather than let reporters think he might actually believe this stuff.
"Even in business schools, students are tacitly told that working long hours to earn a high salary is normal and even desirable," he said.
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