implicitly
/ɪmˈplɪsɪtli
/adverb
1In a way that is not directly expressed; tacitly: she implicitly suggested that he was responsible for the error...
- Giving him a platform seems to be a way of implicitly giving him the thumbs-up.
- The parallels to the US today are implicitly read between the lines.
- Frequently, near to total submission is implicitly or explicitly demanded by the leader/leadership.
Synonyms
completely, absolutely, totally, wholeheartedly, utterly, unconditionally, unreservedly, without reservation, without reserve, without qualification, one hundred per cent
informal all the way
2Without qualification: absolutely: he trusted Sarah implicitly...
- Attendants (even midwives) are notoriously resistant to trusting the body implicitly.
- From the word go, they are implicitly generic.
- Kant holds - and Hegel obviously agrees - that reason is implicitly universal.
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