All 6 Uses of
imply
in
David Copperfield
- And she had a disagreeable consciousness of not appearing to imply that it had been an overpowering pleasure.†
Chpt 1-3 *
- How dare you to insinuate that you don't know my character better than your words imply?'†
Chpt 4-6
- Her tone and look implied something that was not agreeable to me in connexion with the subject.†
Chpt 22-24
- I had no fear for the future, I said — and I laid great emphasis on that, as if to imply that I should still be decidedly eligible for a son-in-law one of these days — but, for the present, I was thrown upon my own resources.†
Chpt 34-36
- I didn't exactly say so; I softened it down as much as I could; but I implied it, and I was resolute upon it.†
Chpt 37-39
- Between my aunt and me there had been something, in this connexion, since the night of my return, which I cannot call a restraint, or an avoidance of the subject, so much as an implied understanding that we thought of it together, but did not shape our thoughts into words.†
Chpt 61-62
Definition:
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(imply) to suggest or say indirectly -- possibly as a logical consequence