Tacitly is the adverb of tacit: doing something without saying it, in a way that everyone still understands. It attaches to verbs of agreeing, allowing, accepting, admitting, and supporting — you tacitly agree, tacitly accept, tacitly admit, tacitly approve, tacitly acknowledge.

Tacitly is the adverb of tacittacitly是tacit的副詞 doing something without saying it意思是不說出口地做一件事 in a way that everyone still understands但大家還是心知肚明 It attaches to verbs of agreeing, allowing, accepting, admitting, and supporting它會接在「同意、允許、接受、承認、支持」這類動詞旁邊 you tacitly agree, tacitly accept, tacitly admit, tacitly approve, tacitly acknowledge像tacitly agree（默默同意）、tacitly accept（默默接受）、tacitly admit（等於默認）、tacitly approve（默許）、tacitly acknowledge（默默承認）

The useful thing about the adverb is that it lets you say how an act was done rather than describing the agreement afterwards. 'They tacitly accepted the new rules' tells you nobody ever announced acceptance; they simply started following the rules, and that was answer enough. The action itself, or sometimes the lack of any action, does the speaking.

The useful thing about the adverb is that it lets you say how an act was done這個副詞好用的地方在於，它讓你可以說一件事是怎麼做成的 rather than describing the agreement afterwards而不是事後才描述那個「同意」 'They tacitly accepted the new rules' tells you nobody ever announced acceptance「They tacitly accepted the new rules他們默默接受了新規定」告訴你，沒有人正式宣布接受 they simply started following the rules他們只是開始照著規定做 and that was answer enough而這樣就已經是答案了 The action itself, or sometimes the lack of any action, does the speaking那個行動本身，有時候甚至是什麼都沒做，就已經在替它說話了

A very common pattern is 'by doing X, they tacitly did Y' — by staying, by paying, by saying nothing, by continuing as before. Silence is the most frequent way of tacitly doing anything, which is why 'tacitly admitted' often carries a slight sting: the person did not confess, but what they did left no other reading.

A very common pattern is 'by doing X, they tacitly did Y'一個很常見的句型是「by doing X, they tacitly did Y藉著做X，他們等於默默做了Y」 by staying, by paying, by saying nothing, by continuing as before像藉著留下來、藉著付錢、藉著什麼都不說、藉著照舊繼續下去 Silence is the most frequent way of tacitly doing anything沉默是默默做某件事最常見的方式 which is why 'tacitly admitted' often carries a slight sting這也是為什麼「tacitly admitted等於默認了」常常帶著一點刺 the person did not confess, but what they did left no other reading這個人並沒有承認，但他做的事已經沒有別的解釋空間

Same register as tacit — formal, written, common in news reports, legal writing and academic work. In everyday conversation Taiwanese speakers of English are far more likely to hear 'they didn't say anything, but everyone knew'.

Same register as tacit語感跟tacit一樣 formal, written, common in news reports, legal writing and academic work正式、書面，常出現在新聞報導、法律文件和學術寫作裡 In everyday conversation Taiwanese speakers of English are far more likely to hear在日常對話裡，台灣的英語使用者更常聽到的是 'they didn't say anything, but everyone knew'「they didn't say anything, but everyone knew他們什麼都沒說，但大家都知道」