adverb
- Without doubting or questioning.
- usage: "I implicitly trust him"
- Without ever expressing so clearly.
- usage: "he implicitly assumes that you know the answer"
Implicitly and Implicit
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (adv.) In an implicit manner; without reserve; with unreserved confidence.
- (adv.) By implication; impliedly; as, to deny the providence of God is implicitly to deny his existence.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
adjective
- Implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something.
- usage: "an implicit agreement not to raise the subject"; "there was implicit criticism in his voice"; "anger was implicit in the argument"; "the oak is implicit in the acorn"
- synonyms: inexplicit
- Being without doubt or reserve.
- usage: "implicit trust"
- synonyms: unquestioning
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (a.) Resting on another; trusting in the word or authority of another, without doubt or reserve; unquestioning; complete; as, implicit confidence; implicit obedience.
- (a.) Infolded; entangled; complicated; involved.
- (a.) Tacitly comprised; fairly to be understood, though not expressed in words; implied; as, an implicit contract or agreement.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary