All 5 Uses
imply
in
Uprising, by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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- Nico whispered, and that hurt too, what he was implying.†
p. 55.4 *implying = suggesting (saying indirectly)
- If he knew that Eleanor swore sometimes—she said "Dash it all" just like a boy—and maybe wasn't as reputable as Jane implied.†
p. 64.2implied = suggested (said indirectly)
- "You were a baby," he said, in a tone that implied she was a baby still, in terms of what she knew about the world.†
p. 196.6
- Jane would only have to imply some unfortunate tragedy, too delicate a matter to divulge—and really, was that such a lie?†
p. 227.8imply = suggest (say indirectly)
- It mattered so much to Miss Milhouse to serve a prominent family; she'd always managed to imply that the Wellingtons weren't quite up to her standards.†
p. 259.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(imply) to suggest or say indirectly -- possibly as a logical consequence
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)