Implicitly: meaning, example and synonyms
Implicitlyadv. In a way that is suggested but not directly stated; also, completely and without doubt.
Example
Although the letter never mentions the war, it implicitly criticizes the government by praising the villages that refused to send soldiers.
- Part of speech
- adverb
- Synonyms
- indirectly, tacitly, unspokenly, by implication
- Antonyms
- explicitly, directly, openly, expressly
- Memory tip
- Implicit = folded in (Latin plicare, "to fold"): the meaning is tucked inside.
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Check yourself: Implicitly in context
The novel never states that the narrator is lying, but it ______ invites readers to doubt him by letting other characters contradict his account.
Answer: implicitly. The doubt is suggested through contradictions rather than stated outright, so the novel invites it indirectly. Exorbitantly, slumberously and arduously mean excessively, sleepily and with great effort.
By funding only the coastal projects, the committee ______ acknowledged that the inland proposals had little chance of success, though no member said so aloud.
Answer: implicitly. 'Though no member said so aloud' shows the acknowledgment was unspoken. Exorbitantly, slumberously and ubiquitously don't mean without saying it directly.