All 6 Uses of
imply
in
Emma
- "There is my news:—I thought it would interest you," said Mr. Knightley, with a smile which implied a conviction of some part of what had passed between them.†
Chpt 2.3-4 *
- The tone implied some old acquaintance—and how could she possibly guess?†
Chpt 2.13-14
- "When I talked of your being altered by time, by the progress of years," said John Knightley, "I meant to imply the change of situation which time usually brings.†
Chpt 2.15-16
- She had no doubt as to his being less in love—but neither his agitated spirits, nor his hurrying away, seemed like a perfect cure; and she was rather inclined to think it implied a dread of her returning power, and a discreet resolution of not trusting himself with her long.†
Chpt 3.1-2
- Referring the education to her seemed to imply it.†
Chpt 3.7-8
- —Much that lived in Harriet's memory, many little particulars of the notice she had received from him, a look, a speech, a removal from one chair to another, a compliment implied, a preference inferred, had been unnoticed, because unsuspected, by Emma.†
Chpt 3.11-12
Definition:
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(imply) to suggest or say indirectly -- possibly as a logical consequence