adv · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adv
Meaning 1
In an implicit or implied manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
tell someone implicitly
He was punished for asking for answers implicitly during the exam.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adv
Meaning 2
Without doubting or questioning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adverb
Meaning 3
without ever expressing so clearly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
he implicitly assumes that you know the answer
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: explicitly
4
adverb
Meaning 4
without doubting or questioning
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
I implicitly trust him
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English implicit Middle English -ly English -ly English implicitly From implicit + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
implícitament
— in an implicit or implied manner
Finnish:
epäsuorasti
— in an implicit or implied manner
Finnish:
ehdottomasti
— in an implicit or implied manner
Finnish:
välillisesti
— in an implicit or implied manner
Finnish:
implisiittisesti
— in an implicit or implied manner
French:
implicitement
— in an implicit or implied manner
Galician:
implicitamente
— in an implicit or implied manner
Greek:
έμμεσα
(émmesa)
— in an implicit or implied manner
Greek:
σιωπηρά
(siopirá)
— in an implicit or implied manner
Italian:
implicitamente
— in an implicit or implied manner
Polish:
bezwarunkowo
— in an implicit or implied manner
Portuguese:
implicitamente
— in an implicit or implied manner
Russian:
неявно
(nejavno)
— in an implicit or implied manner
Spanish:
implícitamente
— in an implicit or implied manner
Ukrainian:
неявно
(nejavno)
— in an implicit or implied manner
Ukrainian:
непрямо
(neprjamo)
— in an implicit or implied manner
Russian:
беспрекосло́вно
(besprekoslóvno)
— without doubting or questioning
Russian:
безогово́рочно
(bezogovóročno)
— without doubting or questioning
Ukrainian:
цілковито
(cilkovyto)
— without doubting or questioning
Ukrainian:
беззастережно
(bezzasterežno)
— without doubting or questioning
