IMPLICITLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does implicitly mean? 

• IMPLICITLY (adverb)
  The adverb IMPLICITLY has 2 senses:

1. without doubting or questioning

2. without ever expressing so clearly

  Familiarity information: IMPLICITLY used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMPLICITLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Without doubting or questioning

Context example:

I implicitly trust him

Pertainym:

implicit (being without doubt or reserve)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Without ever expressing so clearly

Context example:

he implicitly assumes that you know the answer

Antonym:

explicitly (in an explicit manner)

Pertainym:

implicit (implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something)

 Context examples 

At the same time it is fair to observe, that I am one of those who always judge for themselves, and are by no means implicitly guided by others.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

He yielded implicitly, and would fetch his hat and attend them in a moment.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

“My late wife loved her second husband, ma'am,” said Mr. Murdstone, “and trusted implicitly in him.”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I rely implicitly on His power, and confide wholly in His goodness: I count the hours till that eventful one arrives which shall restore me to Him, reveal Him to me.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

In all our hunting parties and adventures in different parts of the world, Quincey Morris had always been the one to arrange the plan of action, and Arthur and I had been accustomed to obey him implicitly.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)