implicitly

[im-plis-it-lee]

adverb

1. without actually saying so; in a way that does not use words.

   Consumers buying the company’s products are implicitly accepting its practices.

2. without question or reservation; absolutely.

   I trusted her implicitly and listened intently to everything she said.

3. as an inherent but hidden part of the way things are; latently.

   The threat of violence against women is implicitly present all around us, everywhere.

Other Word Forms

• unimplicitly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of implicitly¹

implicit ( def. ) + -ly

Related Words

• essentially