implicitadjective
uk/ɪmˈplɪs.ɪt/us/ɪmˈplɪs.ɪt/implicit adjective (SUGGESTED)
C2 suggested but not communicated directly:
He interpreted her comments as an implicit criticism of the government.
Implicit in the poem's closing lines are the poet's own religious doubts.
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explicit
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Digressing and being indirect or evasive
- beat
- discursive
- elliptical
- euphemism
- evasive
- go (all) round the houses idiom
- go off on a tangent idiom
- move off sth/on (to sth)
- obliquely
- parry
- roundabout
- sanitize
- sidestep
- skirt
- stray
- suggestion
- talk around sth
- tangent
- tiptoe
- tiptoe around sth/sb
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implicit adjective (COMPLETE)
complete and without any doubts:
implicit trust
All her life she had implicit faith in socialism.
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Complete and whole
- A, a
- a/one hundred percent idiom
- absolutely
- all or nothing idiom
- all-in-one
- all-inclusive
- completely
- flat
- full-fledged
- full-length
- fully
- fully fledged
- heart and soul idiom
- root
- totally
- unabridged
- unadulterated
- unconditional
- uncut
- undivided
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implicitly
adverb uk/ɪmˈplɪs.ɪt.li/us/ɪmˈplɪs.ɪt.li/
He trusts her implicitly.