Both Uses of
implicit
in
The Mill on the Floss
- And hardly anything could be more distinctively characteristic of Lucy than that she both implicitly believed what Stephen said, and was determined that Maggie should not know it.†
Chpt 6.2 *
- It was one of those moments of implicit revelation which will sometimes happen even between people who meet quite transiently,—on a mile's journey, perhaps, or when resting by the wayside.†
Chpt 6.9
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.