All 6 Uses
imply
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Sense and Sensibility
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- It implies everything amiable.†
Chpt 3 *implies = suggests (says indirectly)
- The visit of the Miss Steeles at Barton Park was lengthened far beyond what the first invitation implied.†
Chpt 24implied = suggested (said indirectly)
- This, and the manner in which it was said, immediately brought back to her remembrance all the circumstances of his quitting that place, with the uneasiness and suspicions they had caused to Mrs. Jennings, and she was fearful that her question had implied much more curiosity on the subject than she had ever felt.†
Chpt 26
- I thought it had been only a joke, but so serious a question seems to imply more; and I must beg, therefore, that you will not deceive yourself any longer.†
Chpt 29imply = suggest (say indirectly)
- It was every day implied, but never professedly declared.†
Chpt 29implied = suggested (said indirectly)
- Marianne's lips quivered, and she repeated the word "Selfish?" in a tone that implied—"do you really think him selfish?"†
Chpt 47
Definitions:
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(1)
(imply) to suggest or say indirectly -- possibly as a logical consequence
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)