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A Spool of Blue Thread
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- They implied illustrious forebears, perhaps on the mother's side.†
p. 46.1 *implied = suggested (said indirectly)
- He gave one of his chuckles, as if to imply how unlikely that was.†
p. 199.2imply = suggest (say indirectly)
- The twisted sound of the name in her mouth somehow managed to imply all of her mother's shortcomings—her twangy voice, her feed-sack-looking dresses, her backwoods pronunciations like "supposably" and "eck cetera" and "desk-es."†
p. 239.4
- Abby gave a half shrug, hoping to imply that they did go together but that she could take him or leave him, and Pixie heaved a theatrical sigh of disappointment.†
p. 251.7
- It implied a level of bitterness that he had not suspected her capable of.†
p. 320.4implied = 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)