All 3 Uses of
imply
in
Anna Karenina
- When the visitors had gone, Mihailov sat down opposite the picture of Pilate and Christ, and in his mind went over what had been said, and what, though not said, had been implied by those visitors.†
Part 5 *implied = suggested (said indirectly)
- And their happiness in their love seemed to imply a disagreeable slur on those who would have liked to feel the same and could not—and they felt a prick of conscience.†
Part 6imply = suggest (say indirectly)
- "Eyes like what?" said Kitty, trying as conscientiously as possible to recall every word and gesture of that evening and every shade implied in them.†
Part 6implied = suggested (said indirectly)
Definition:
to suggest or say indirectly -- possibly as a logical consequence