All 3 Uses of
tacit
in
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- In the tacit agreement of husband and wife to keep their estrangement a secret they behaved as would have been ordinary.†
Chpt 5 *tacit = implied
- Ever since the occurrence of the event which had cast such a shadow over Tess's life, the Durbeyfield family (whose descent was not credited) had been tacitly looked on as one which would have to go when their lease ended, if only in the interests of morality.†
Chpt 6tacitly = in an indirect manner
- By tacit consent they hardly once spoke of any incident of the past subsequent to their wedding-day.†
Chpt 7tacit = implied
Definition:
implied or understood, but not expressed directly