All 4 Uses of
imply
in
Persuasion
- Captain Benwick listened attentively, and seemed grateful for the interest implied; and though with a shake of the head, and sighs which declared his little faith in the efficacy of any books on grief like his, noted down the names of those she recommended, and promised to procure and read them.†
Chpt 11
- She could not contemplate the change as implying less.†
Chpt 20 *
- She stopped, regretting with a deep blush that she had implied so much; but less would hardly have been sufficient.†
Chpt 21
- Mrs Smith had been carried away from her first direction, and Anne had forgotten, in the interest of her own family concerns, how much had been originally implied against him; but her attention was now called to the explanation of those first hints, and she listened to a recital which, if it did not perfectly justify the unqualified bitterness of Mrs Smith, proved him to have been very unfeeling in his conduct towards her; very deficient both in justice and compassion.†
Chpt 21
Definition:
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(imply) to suggest or say indirectly -- possibly as a logical consequence