Implicitly
[ɪm'plɪsɪtlɪ]
Definition
(adv.) without ever expressing so clearly; 'he implicitly assumes that you know the answer'.
(adv.) without doubting or questioning; 'I implicitly trust him'.
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Definition
(adv.) In an implicit manner; without reserve; with unreserved confidence.
(adv.) By implication; impliedly; as, to deny the providence of God is implicitly to deny his existence.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. [1]. Impliedly, virtually, by inference, by implication.[2]. Unreservedly, with unshaken confidence, without hesitation.
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Examples
- But we ought to swear to love each other, you and I, implicitly, and perfectly, finally, without any possibility of going back on it. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I want you to trust yourself so implicitly, that you can let yourself go. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She did full justice to Pesca's excellent qualities of heart; but she could not accept him implicitly, as my mother accepted him, for my sake. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Implicitly, answered Mr. Blake. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- She knew it implicitly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- You may trust me as implicitly as you did Père Silas. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I confess to you that I had doubts, at first, whether you were to be implicitly relied upon, but now I firmly believe you are. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Had Rebecca's resolutions been entirely different, he would have followed them as implicitly. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But I trust to your good faith with me as implicitly as when I began. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- At the door she lifted her face to him, implicitly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But Billy went softly forward, slow and willing, lifting his pinched-up mouth implicitly to be kissed. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I trust implicitly to you, I said. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Now, I am disposed to believe implicitly every word Sophia utters. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- No wonder a principle so inconstant and fallacious should lead us into errors, when implicitly followed (as it must be) in all its variations. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- But it is present only implicitly, potentially, or in an enfolded condition. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He had a wild, hungry eye; and they implicitly believed him. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- In all cases positive palaeontological evidence may be implicitly trusted; negative evidence is worthless, as experience has so often shown. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- At the same time it is fair to observe, that I am one of those who always judge for themselves, and are by no means implicitly guided by others. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Do so, implicitly. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Oh, implicitly! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Will you be guided implicitly by my advice? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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