impliedly
- adverb
- /ɪmˈplaɪdli/
- The teacher impliedly indicated that extra credit would be offered for those who participated.
- expressly or impliedly
- impliedly consented
Examples
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However, such negligence impliedly falls under the collective agreement.
Academic text (1996) -
(A) Where it gives a court subject matter jurisdiction, either expressly or impliedly, that the court would not otherwise have.
Academic text (2007) -
All of our labor statutes provide for just cause, either expressly or impliedly, as an essential condition for termination of employment.
Academic text (1996) -
However, it is impliedly acceptable if the DoD incidentally acquires goods and services through an agreement.
Academic text (2017) -
Rule 1.6 of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct states that, generally, a lawyer shall not reveal information relating to the representation of a client unless the client gives informed consent or the disclosure is impliedly authorized to carry out the representation. (Rule 1.6 is generally followed by the states.)
Academic text (2010) -
If the person nonetheless remains in the church and violates the tenet, the religious leader has an interest in disciplining the member because the member impliedly consented to the church's rules as long as she remained a member.
Academic text (1991) -
Rufus King argued that Article XIII legitimized the idea that legislatures were competent to ratify constitutional changes and that the people had impliedly consented.
Academic text (2016) -
The agreement impliedly suggested that both parties would share the profits equally.
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By staying silent, he impliedly accepted the terms of the contract without objection.
Synonyms
In a way that does not say something clearly, often by a hint or through someone else
In a way that is understood without being directly said
In a way people understand without anyone saying it
In a way that hints at sexual interest without saying it
Someone speaks in a short, indirect way that only hints at the meaning
To say people think something is true without clear proof
In an indirect way that hints at something
In a quiet, sly way that hints at something
Antonyms
How Implicit
Surface Forms
Morphology
impliedly = implied (transparent) = imply + ed + ly
Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'implied', a regular and predictable derivation.
Etymology
Impliedly comes from the verb imply. The parts im- and ply give an image of 'folding in' an idea so it sits inside your words instead of being said directly. So to speak impliedly is to suggest something without saying it directly.