All 4 Uses
tacit
in
Washington Square, by Henry James
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- He therefore assented tacitly to the proposition which Mrs. Penniman had tacitly laid down, that it was of importance that the poor motherless girl should have a brilliant woman near her.†
Chpt 2tacitly = in an indirect manner
- He therefore assented tacitly to the proposition which Mrs. Penniman had tacitly laid down, that it was of importance that the poor motherless girl should have a brilliant woman near her.†
Chpt 2
- His assent could only be tacit, for he had never been dazzled by his sister's intellectual lustre.†
Chpt 2 *tacit = implied
- She said nothing, either tacitly or explicitly, and as she was never very talkative, there was now no especial eloquence in her reserve.†
Chpt 15tacitly = in an indirect manner
Definitions:
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(1)
(tacit) implied or understood, but not expressed directly
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)