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implicitly

[im-plis-it-lee]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

without actually saying so; in a way that does not use words.
Consumers buying the company’s products are implicitly accepting its practices.
without question or reservation; absolutely.
I trusted her implicitly and listened intently to everything she said.
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.

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Other Word Forms

unimplicitly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of implicitly¹

implicit ( def. ) + -ly

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However, the lawyers pointed out the alternative view was that South Africa's constitution "implicitly recognises that it would in some circumstances be just and equitable for compensation to be nil".

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The ministers also warned, implicitly, that their ally was violating international law.

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Carney is implicitly suggesting, however, that his country has deep strategic choices to make here, on for example, developing them with Europe rather than the US.

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Take the title's smirk at the idea of piety, and the way the script implicitly questions the legitimacy of that label.

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By remaining silent, we implicitly embrace rising fascist politics.

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