释义
[ tas -it-lee ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈtæs ɪt li / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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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.
Origin of tacitly tacit + -ly
Words nearby tacitly tachyrhythmia, tachysterol, tachytelic, tacit, Tacitean, tacitly , taciturn, taciturnity, Tacitus, tack, tackboard
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Example sentences from the Web for tacitly One expects that an ecstatically rendered sex scene would follow, but their first night together is only tacitly referenced.
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With this new development, LEGO tacitly undermined its own claims to neutrality.
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Cheney tacitly bashed Paul last month, saying an “increasing strain of isolationism” is taking over their party.
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In short, everyone quickly and tacitly agreed that the whole situation could probably be summed up in a single word: racism.
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The Gulf States, now tacitly aligned with Israel against Iran, could make this alliance official and openly coordinated.
America Can Want Peace More | Aaron Mann| March 19, 2013| DAILY BEAST
But when the food was before him, he addressed himself to it, tacitly rejecting all her attempts to whip up conversation.
Country Neighbors | Alice Brown
I have always felt, however, that Linda was tacitly given to me by the public.
Memoirs of an American Prima Donna | Clara Louise Kellogg
Trent always spoke of the girl as his "brother," although it was tacitly understood that Kee Meng knew she was not a man.
Caravans By Night | Harry Hervey
It had been tacitly and quite amiably understood between them that he was not one who invited young ladies to his own apartments.
The Pretty Lady | Arnold E. Bennett
The last evening, when the time came to say good-night, it was tacitly known to all that they were to look upon his face no more.
St. Ives | Robert Louis Stevenson
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Words related to tacitly softly, weakly, faintly, inaudibly, murmuring, noiselessly, sotto voce, soundlessly, under one's breath