Both Uses
imply
in
The Lovely Bones
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- "Mr. Salmon," Len Fenerman said, "with the amount of blood we've found, and the violence I'm afraid it implies, as well as other material evidence we've discussed, we must work with the assumption that your daughter has been killed."†
Chpt 2implies = suggests (says indirectly)
- You're not implying ....†
Chpt 6 *implying = suggesting (saying 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)