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Definitions: Implicitly |
ImplicitlyAdverb1. Without doubting or questioning; "I implicitly trust him". 2. Without ever expressing so clearly; "he implicitly assumes that you know the answer". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "implicitly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
| Antonym: explicitly (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Credulity | Verb: be credulous; Adjective: jurare in verba magistri; follow implicitly; swallow, gulp down; take on trust; take for granted, take for gospel; run away with a notion, run away with an idea; jump to a conclusion, rush to a conclusion; think the moon is made of green cheese; take for granted, grasp the shadow for the substance; catch at straws, grasp at straws. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Implicitly |
| English words defined with "implicitly": To believe on, To swear by. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "implicitly": Decoupling, deductive tableau ♦ flat-file ♦ generic type variable ♦ Intel 8086 ♦ means-tested social benefits ♦ Skel-ML ♦ vannevar. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | It's awfully easy to lie when you know that you're trusted implicitly. So very easy, and so very degrading. (Brief Encounter; writing credit: David Lean, written by Noel Coward, Anthony Havelock-Allan, David Lean, and Ronald Neame.) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Walt Disney | Somehow I can't believe that there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making dreams come true. This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarised in four C's. They are Curiosity, Confidence, Courage and Constancy, and the greatest of all is Confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Patients often view a doctor's acceptance of the red envelope as an iron contract, which implicitly promises that that doctor will provide the patient with the best possible care. One difficulty this situation presents is that if an honest doctor declines, he or she may be perceived as incompetent. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Cameroon | However, for many years government officials routinely have asserted that this provision of the Penal Code implicitly authorizes the Government to grant or deny permission to public assemblies, often have not granted permits to assemblies organized by persons or groups critical of the Government, and repeatedly have used force to suppress public assemblies for which it has not issued permits. (references) |
Economic History | Pakistan | He implicitly linked approval of "Islamization" with a mandate for his continued presidency. (references) |
Uzbekistan | Most transactions are implicitly calculated at the black market rate, about 800 soum/dollar in August 2000. (references) | |
Human Rights | Tunisia | The law does not authorize explicitly these activities, although the Government has stated that the Code of Criminal Procedure implicitly gives investigating magistrates such authority. (references) |
Singapore | Under the ISA and the CLA, the President and the Minister of Home Affairs have substantial de facto judicial power, which explicitly (in the case of the ISA) or implicitly (in the case of the CLA) excludes normal judicial review. (references) | |
Israel and the occupied territories | The Israeli Government explicitly or implicitly acknowledged its role in the targeting and killing of at least 22 Palestinians, and also acknowledged its role in killing another 5 persons who were not targets while attempting to kill 3 militants. (references) | |
Political Economy | RUSSIA | An October 1999law implicitly allows majority-foreign-owned insurance companies to operate in Russia for the first time, but restricts their total market capitalization and prohibits them from selling life insurance or obligatory types of insurance. (references) |
Political Rights | Saudi Arabia | The IRM implicitly condoned the two terrorist attacks as well, arguing that they were a natural outgrowth of a political system that does not tolerate peaceful dissent. (references) |
Worker Rights | China | The Government initially denied this allegation but later implicitly acknowledged its accuracy. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Implicitly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 99.82% of the time. "Implicitly" is used about 545 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 99.82% | 544 | 11,385 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.18% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 545 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "implicitly": implicitly defined. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "implicitly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | pa dyshim (admittedly, by all means, certainly, decidedly, definitely, distinctly, doubtless, ex cathedra, far and away, out and out, quite so, sure enough, sure thing, surely, undoubtedly, unhesitatingly, without a doubt, without fail), absolutisht (absolutely, entirely, neck and crop, utterly). (various references) | |
Arabic | على نحو مطلق, طاعة عمياء, بشكل متضمن. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | мълчаливо (tacitly), абсолютно (absolutely), безусловно (absolutely, sure, to the letter, unreservedly, without qualification). (various references) | |
Chinese | 含"地. (various references) | |
Czech | implicitnì. (various references) | |
French | implicitement, tacitement. (various references) | |
German | unbedingt (absolute, absolutely, imperative, implicit, necessarily, really, scrupulous, unconditional, unconditioned, unreserved). (various references) | |
Hungarian | beleértően, értelemszerűen. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 暗に . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | あ"に. (various references) | |
Korean | 대 으로 (Absolutely). (various references) | |
Manx | veih'n chree (heart-to-heart), trooid as trooid (altogether, broadly speaking, implicit, in the main, on the whole, roughly speaking, taken all round). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | implicitlyay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | irrestrito (unbounded, unlimited, unrestricted), implicitamente, tacitamente. (various references) | |
Romanian | implicit (constructive, implicit). (various references) | |
Russian | косвенным образом, без колебаний. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | prećutno. (various references) | |
Spanish | incondicionalmente, implícitamente, sin reservas, absolutamente (absolutely, at all, completely, definitely, downright, quite, utterly). (various references) | |
Swedish | underförstått. (various references) | |
Turkish | tam olarak (accurately, completely, evenly, every bit, exactly, fairly, flat, fully, in depth, in full, Plumb, positively, quite, right, rightdown, rootedly, roundly, slap bang, smack, straight, strictly, to a t, true), kesin olarak (accurately, categorically, definitely, determinedly, exactly, firmly, flat, for certain, ocularly, point blank, positively, precisely, really, rightly, undoubtedly, unquestioningly), dolaylı olarak (circuitously, edgeways, edgewise, in extenso, indirectly, mediately), üstü kapalı olarak (insinuatingly). (various references) | |
Ukranian | не прямо (marginally), беззастережно. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Implicitly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: implicitely, inplicitly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "implicitly" (pronounced i'mpli"sutlē) |
| 8 | -p l i" s u t l ē | explicitly. |
| 7 | -l i" s u t l ē | illicitly. |
| 5 | -s u t l ē | tacitly. |
| 4 | -u t l ē | accurately, adequately, affectionately, alternately, appropriately, approximately, commensurately, compassionately, definitely, deliberately, delicately, desperately, dispassionately, disproportionately, elaborately, exquisitely, fortunately, immaculately, immediately, inaccurately, inadequately, inappropriately, indefinitely, indiscriminately, infinitely, inordinately, intimately, intricately, legitimately, minutely, moderately, passionately, privately, proportionately, quietly, secretly, separately, ultimately, unfortunately. |
| 3 | -t l ē | abruptly, absolutely, abundantly, accidently, acutely, adamantly, adroitly, apparently, aptly, ardently, arrogantly, astutely, blatantly, bluntly, brightly, brilliantly, coherently, competently, complacently, completely, concomitantly, concretely, concurrently, confidently, consequently, consistently, constantly, conveniently, correctly, costly, courtly, covertly, currently, curtly, decently, defiantly, deftly, devoutly, differently, difficultly, diligently, directly, discreetly, dishonestly, distinctly, earnestly, efficiently, elegantly, eloquently, eminently, evidently, exactly, excellently, expertly, extravagantly, exultantly, faintly, fervently, firstly, flagrantly, flamboyantly, flatly, fluently, forthrightly, fortnightly, fraudulently, frequently, gently, ghastly, ghostly, greatly, hesitantly, honestly, hotly, imminently, impatiently, imperfectly, importantly, imprudently, inadvertently, incessantly, incoherently, incompetently, incorrectly, independently, indignantly, indirectly, inefficiently, ineptly, infrequently, inherently, innately, innocently, insistently, instantly, insufficiently, intelligently, intently, intermittently, jointly, justly, knightly, lastly, lately, leniently, lightly, magnificently, manifestly, militantly, modestly, mostly, motley, neatly, negligently, nightly, nonchalantly, obediently, overtly, partly, patently, patiently, perfectly, permanently, persistently, pleasantly, poignantly, politely, portly, predominantly, presently, priestly, prominently, promptly, prudently, pungently, quaintly, raptly, recently, reluctantly, remotely, resolutely, reverently, rightly, robustly, saintly, shortly, significantly, silently, slightly, smartly, softly, sprightly, stately, steadfastly, stoutly, strictly, stridently, stringently, subsequently, succinctly, sufficiently, sweetly, swiftly, tightly, transparently, triumphantly, unjustly, unpleasantly, unsightly, urgently, valiantly, vastly, vehemently, violently, virulently, Whitely. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-i-i-i-l-l-m-p-t-y" | |
-2 letters: implicit. | |
-3 letters: illicit, illitic, licitly. | |
-4 letters: limply. | |
-5 letters: clipt, icily, imply, licit, limit, lytic, milty, typic. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-i-i-i-l-l-m-p-t-y" | |
+1 letter: impoliticly. | |
+2 letters: multiplicity. | |
+3 letters: implacability, implicatively, impolitically. | |
+4 letters: optimistically, simplistically. | |
+5 letters: pessimistically. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 6D 70 6C 69 63 69 74 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. -- .--. .-.. .. -.-. .. - .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01101101 01110000 01101100 01101001 01100011 01101001 01110100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I m p l i c i t l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006D 0070 006C 0069 0063 0069 0074 006C 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)43798278756975867891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Quotations: Familiar | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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