All 5 Uses of
imply
in
Nine Stories
- his inflection implying that the answer to that question was hopelessly obscure.
Story 3 *implying = saying indirectly
- He shrugged slightly, as much as to imply, it seemed to me, that the picture had more or less been planted on him.†
Story 4
- I hadn't said or implied a word to him about my recent, extracurricular doings, and I was dying to make this final news-break--to scoop him thoroughly--when we were alone.†
Story 8
- She was an altogether charming person whose every attempt to be friendly to me, to gently persuade me to take off my armor, or at least my helmet, I chose to interpret as an implied invitation to join her in bed at my earliest convenience--that is, as soon as Bobby, who clearly was too old for her, could be given the slip.†
Story 8
- To do otherwise, I feel, would be tantamount to implying or stating that the difference in spiritual sorties between St. Francis and the average, highstrung, Sunday leper-kisser is only a vertical one.†
Story 8
Definition:
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(imply) to suggest or say indirectly -- possibly as a logical consequence