tacitly

1. 1.

   in a tacit manner; by unexpressed agreement

   “they are tacitly expected to work 10 hours a day”

Questions about tacitly

What does tacitly mean?

tacitly means "in a tacit manner; by unexpressed agreement".

How many syllables are in tacitly?

tacitly has 3 syllables: tac-it-ly. The stress falls on "tac". In IPA it is /ˈtæsɪtli/.

Is tacitly a common word?

tacitly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.