All 6 Uses of
tacit
in
The Mill on the Floss
- "Do you like peppermints, young sir?" required only a tacit answer when it was accompanied by a presentation of the article in question.†
Chpt 1.9 *
- Our friend Bob Jakin had, with Mumps's tacit consent, taken not only a wife about eight months ago, but also one of those queer old houses, pierced with surprising passages, by the water-side, where, as he observed, his wife and mother could keep themselves out of mischief by letting out two "pleasure-boats," in which he had invested some of his savings, and by taking in a lodger for the parlor and spare bedroom.†
Chpt 6.4
- But it was tacitly understood that Stephen would not come in the evening; and on the strength of that tacit understanding he made his morning visit the longer, not saying good-bye until after four.†
Chpt 6.6
- But it was tacitly understood that Stephen would not come in the evening; and on the strength of that tacit understanding he made his morning visit the longer, not saying good-bye until after four.†
Chpt 6.6
- God knows, I've been trying to be faithful to tacit engagements, and I've only made things worse; I'd better have given way at first."†
Chpt 6.11
- He longed to assure himself of a tacit assent from her.†
Chpt 6.14
Definition:
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(tacit) implied or understood, but not expressed directly