implicitly

American  

[im-plis-it-lee] / ɪmˈplɪs ɪt li /

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.

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Other Word Forms

• unimplicitly adverb

Etymology

Origin of implicitly

implicit ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

Rather than Anthropic’s new Mythos model replacing cybersecurity companies, the coalition “establishes cybersecurity vendors as essential enablers of agentic AI adoption, with Anthropic implicitly acknowledging it cannot secure the full stack alone,” the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

"So this disinformation is either explicitly or implicitly a part of that larger campaign," he said.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

If your stepmother acknowledged in the email she sent you after the statute of limitations expired on contesting the will, even implicitly, that she promised to give you $500,000, that could suffice.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 23, 2026

That happens when we’re seeing somebody’s social post and we’re trying to figure out, implicitly, are they a good person?

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026

It was also, at least implicitly, a justification for the strong executive leadership Washington had provided in the 1790s and that his critics had stigmatized as a monarchy.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Related Words

• essentially