Both Uses
imply
in
Farewell to Manzanar
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- Instead of saying ba-ka-ta-re, a common insult meaning stupid, Terminal Islanders would say ba-ka-ya-ro, a coarser and exclusively masculine use of the word, which implies gross stupidity.†
Chpt 1.2implies = suggests (says indirectly)
- In later years he would brag to us that he "went to law school" and imply that he held some kind of degree from a northern university.†
Chpt 1.6 *imply = suggest (say 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)