All 7 Uses
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- Am I influenced by my reading of popular novels, as my mother is wont to say, or am I sinful, as my father has implied (no, not with words, but by branding me with his raised eyebrows and scolding brow)?†
Chpt 2implied = suggested (said indirectly)
- Not empty, as "half out of one's mind" implies, but instead filled, but with the wrong element.†
Chpt 2implies = suggests (says indirectly)
- She appreciated her little joke more than I did, implying that I would be let down by the culmination of my forthcoming marriage, the anticipated union of which, only here in your pages, can I admit my honest excitement.†
Chpt 2implying = suggesting (saying indirectly)
- And it would be improper and wrong of me to imply it all has to do with angels and prayer.
Chpt 2 *imply = suggest (say indirectly)
- Is he implying that I am purposefully being vulgar in such company?†
Chpt 2implying = suggesting (saying indirectly)
- I didn't mean to imply ....†
Chpt 4imply = suggest (say indirectly)
- The wording of Madame Lu's note, and the steady hand that did write it, implied a translation, for the English was most correct and sound.†
Chpt 7implied = suggested (said indirectly)
Definitions:
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(1)
(imply) to suggest or say indirectly -- possibly as a logical consequence
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)