implicitly
Example Sentences
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“They agree implicitly on what they don’t want, but much less on what comes next.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026
If your stepmother acknowledged in the email she sent you after the statute of limitations expired on contesting the will, even implicitly, that she promised to give you $500,000, that could suffice.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 23, 2026
"When official diplomatic channels adopt trolling tactics, they implicitly validate the information ecosystem's descent into provocation-based discourse," he told AFP.
From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026
That happens when we’re seeing somebody’s social post and we’re trying to figure out, implicitly, are they a good person?
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026
They had come to trust her implicitly, totally.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.