tacitly

[US]/'tæsitli/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. without speaking aloud, silently

Phrases & Collocations

tacitly agreed

tacitly approved

tacitly consent

tacitly understood

Example Sentences

America tacitly approved Germany's rearmament in 1935.It carried out the policy because of its resentment against Versailles Treaty and the development of European disarmament after the Great War.

She tacitly agreed to his proposal.

He tacitly acknowledged his mistake.

The decision was tacitly approved by the board.

They tacitly agreed not to discuss the issue further.

She tacitly supported his decision.

He tacitly admitted his guilt.

Real-world Examples

The health regulator, Monitor, tacitly concedes that the rules could be clearer.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

He's supported at least tacitly by cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Sadr is massively popular with poor Shiites.

Source: NPR News May 2016 Compilation

As rounds progress a tacitly agreed vocabulary allows teams to identify the common symbol more and more quickly.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

The U.S., which has not yet ratified UNCLOS, tacitly abides by it but has not sought any mining contracts.

Source: Time

You know, you are pretty brazen for a woman who just admitted, however tacitly, that she just slept with my husband.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 1

Politicians had tacitly given it up.

Source: The Education of Henry Adams (Part Two)

And if you don't stand up and say the truth, you're tacitly endorsing the wrongdoer.

Source: Radio Laboratory

The classical school have tacitly assumed that this would involve no significant change in their theory.

Source: Employment, Interest, and General Theory of Money (Volume 1)

The other members of the class tacitly acknowledged their superiority, and never dreamed of trying to compete with them.

Source: Anne of Green Gables (Original Version)

In practice we have tacitly agreed, as a rule, to fall back on what is, in truth, a convention.

Source: Employment, Interest, and General Theory of Money (Volume 1)

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