impliedlyadv.
/ɪmˈplʌɪɪdli/ By implication, implicitly.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > implied meaning > [adverb]
impliedlyc1449
by implicationa1575
implicatelya1575
implicitly1610
askance1876
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > hidden or indirect meaning > [adverb]
sidelings?a1400
covertlyc1400
impliedlyc1449
by implicationa1575
implicatelya1575
implicatively1579
over the shoulder1596
interpretatively1602
implicitly1610
indirectly1613
insinuatively1617
enfoldedly1624
involvedly1624
tacitly1635
tacidly1640
by interpretation1692
adumbratively1753
inexplicitly1776
interpretively1867
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 164 It is ther yn impliedli bi Holi Scripture leeful.
c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 17 Þis sentence is clere..and publischid expresly & ympliȝeþly.
a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 664 Although not expresly, yet impliedly to a sufficient understanding.
1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. iv. 63 This statute does not prohibit, but rather impliedly allows, any innocent recreation or amusement.
1884 C. Bowen in Law Times Rep. 50 217/2 The Act itself..does not say so in words, but it says so impliedly.
1964 Mod. Law Rev. 27 iii. 266 Furthermore, it must be noted that union officials could equally be drawn into a ‘conspiracy to intimidate impliedly’.
1970 Times 19 Nov. 10/2 The Bar is not remotely a corps d'élite—as is impliedly..claimed.
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