Of words: Of hidden or obscure meaning or reference. Now rare.

Tangential, not directly relevant; indirectly stated or expressed; not direct or straightforward. Obsolete.

Contained or stated by implication; involved in what is expressed; necessarily intended though not expressed: see imply, v. Often in legal phrases as…

Insinuated. (Construed as past participle or adj.)

As past participle: being made known or patent. Obsolete. rare.

Having the quality of implying; tending to imply or implicate. Also, containing at least implications or implications only.

Of a meaning, reservation, etc.: tacit, secret; unspoken, unexpressed, kept to oneself.

Said or reported quietly or secretly; (with negative) uttered ever so slightly.

Deduced or deducible by interpretation or inference; inferential, constructive, implicit, virtual. archaic or Obsolete.

Implied though not plainly expressed; naturally or necessarily involved in, or capable of being inferred from, something else. implicit function…

Not openly expressed or stated, but implied; understood, inferred. tacit mortgage, a lien in the nature of a mortgage created by operation of law. t…

= tacit, adj.

That is a prefiguration, foreshadowing, or early indication (of something); symbolic.

Not explicit; not definitely expressed or expressive; not clear in terms or statement.

Not definitely expressed; not explicit: cf. express, adj. 3.