implicitly
Americanadverb
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without actually saying so; in a way that does not use words.
Consumers buying the company’s products are implicitly accepting its practices.
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without question or reservation; absolutely.
I trusted her implicitly and listened intently to everything she said.
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as an inherent but hidden part of the way things are; latently.
The threat of violence against women is implicitly present all around us, everywhere.
Other Word Forms
- unimplicitly adverb
Etymology
Origin of implicitly
Example Sentences
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“They agree implicitly on what they don’t want, but much less on what comes next.”
If your stepmother acknowledged in the email she sent you after the statute of limitations expired on contesting the will, even implicitly, that she promised to give you $500,000, that could suffice.
From MarketWatch
Policymakers provide broad loss protection—either explicitly or implicitly—thereby weakening private incentives for prudence.
From Barron's
"When official diplomatic channels adopt trolling tactics, they implicitly validate the information ecosystem's descent into provocation-based discourse," he told AFP.
From Barron's
“This week we also were reminded of the risks of a ‘sell U.S.’ trade, and we note even a small ‘sell U.S.’ drip out of other assets is implicitly gold-positive,” he said.
From MarketWatch
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