All 5 Uses of
implicit
in
David Copperfield
- 'My late wife loved her second husband, ma'am,' said Mr. Murdstone, 'and trusted implicitly in him.'†
Chpt 13-15
- 'My son's tutor is a conscientious gentleman; and if I had not implicit reliance on my son, I should have reliance on him.'†
Chpt 19-21
- I placed implicit faith in this last statement, when I marked the look with which it was accompanied.†
Chpt 31-33
- Still more so, by the stipulation of implicit confidence which I beg to impose.†
Chpt 40-42 *
- I had such implicit confidence in her declaration, that I then put it to Mr. Peggotty, whether it would not seem, in the onset, like distrusting her, to follow her any farther.†
Chpt 46-48
Definition:
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(implicit as in: not explicitly but implicitly) not stated directly, but understood (or capable of being understood) from something elseeditor's notes: Shared information is often divided into two categories: That which is said explicitly (directly in words that leave no room for confusion or doubt) and that which is said implicitly.