Definition of "tacitly" []

• In a tacit manner; done in silence or implied. (adverb)

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• "Rather, it is to say that competent users of the term tacitly make those assumptions."
• "Vince, writer of said satire, hasn't done all his homework; his "ten" can be boiled down to half that many steps, and the lack of the defining adjective "Bad" in his title tacitly points up the cheap-shot nature of his diatribe."
• "I'll defer to Karen's greater expertise on campaign financing as to tease out whether anyone is behaving badly here -- or how bad the behavior is -- but the question seems to rest on McCain tacitly using FEC certification as de facto, theoretical collateral for his $4m loan:"