All 12 Uses of
imply
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- There was a bright air and manner about her now, by which she seemed to imply that the desirability of her existence could not be questioned; and this rather saucy assumption failed in being offensive because a beholder felt it to be, upon the whole, true.†
Chpt 1-3
- Oak cast his eyes down the field in a way implying that it was useless to attempt argument.†
Chpt 4-6 *
- The dog came up, licked his hand, and made signs implying that he expected some great reward for signal services rendered.†
Chpt 4-6
- "—And so 'a lost himself quite," continued Mr. Coggan, with an impassive face, implying that a true narrative, like time and tide, must run its course and would respect no man.†
Chpt 7-9
- ] "He is," said Henery, implying that irony must cease at a certain point.†
Chpt 7-9
- "Ay, 'a b'lieve—ha, ha!" said Susan Tall's husband, in a tone intended to imply his habitual reception of jokes without minding them at all.†
Chpt 7-9
- This was recognized by all as the conclusion of some gloomy speech which had been expressed in thought alone during the shake of the head; Henery meanwhile retained several marks of despair upon his face, to imply that they would be required for use again directly he should go on speaking.†
Chpt 13-15
- This picture of to-day in its frame of four hundred years ago did not produce that marked contrast between ancient and modern which is implied by the contrast of date.†
Chpt 22-24
- This lyric, when concluded, was received with a silently appreciative gaze at the table, implying that the performance, like a work by those established authors who are independent of notices in the papers, was a well-known delight which required no applause.†
Chpt 22-24
- —Or rather an implied promise.†
Chpt 52-54
- "I won't answer for her implying," said Oak, with faint bitterness.†
Chpt 52-54
- Yet she has promised—implied—that she will ratify an engagement to-night.†
Chpt 52-54
Definition:
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(imply) to suggest or say indirectly -- possibly as a logical consequence