All 3 Uses of
imply
in
Pride and Prejudice
- Mrs. Hurst and Miss Bingley both cried out against the injustice of her implied doubt, and were both protesting that they knew many women who answered this description, when Mr. Hurst called them to order, with bitter complaints of their inattention to what was going forward.†
Chpt 8
- His words seemed to imply it.†
Chpt 33 *
- The letter shall certainly be burnt, if you believe it essential to the preservation of my regard; but, though we have both reason to think my opinions not entirely unalterable, they are not, I hope, quite so easily changed as that implies.†
Chpt 58
Definition:
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(imply) to suggest or say indirectly -- possibly as a logical consequence