All 4 Uses
imply
in
The Elite, by Kiera Cass
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- She added the last words quickly, catching herself in the middle of implying that Maxon would be my choice.†
p. 11.4 *implying = suggesting (saying indirectly)
- "Yes, you can look at them," he said in a manner that implied I was putting him out but with an expression that said he had been hoping I'd ask.†
p. 20.9implied = suggested (said indirectly)
- Her tone implied that my wedding would be the event of the century.†
p. 28.6
- Someone with a key has to activate it from the outside, someone with a key can activate it from the inside"—Maxon patted his pocket, implying that he could get us out if he had to—"or you have to wait for two days.†
p. 283.1implying = 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)