IMPLICIT in a Sentence

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22 example sentences for IMPLICIT, such as:

1. You promised to obey me implicitly.
2. Her words contained an implicit threat.
3. I rely implicitly on His power, and confide wholly in His goodness.
4. This is seen as an implicit warning not to continue with military action.
5. My dear fellow, you must trust me implicitly and do exactly what I tell you.

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 Meanings and Examples of IMPLICIT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
implicit
 a.  implied or understood though not directly expressed
Classic Sentence: (18 in 2 pages)
1  I placed implicit faith in this last statement, when I marked the look with which it was accompanied.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 32. THE BEGINNING OF A LONG JOURNEY
2  Still more so, by the stipulation of implicit confidence which I beg to impose.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 42. MISCHIEF
3  I had such implicit confidence in her declaration, that I then put it to Mr. Peggotty, whether it would not seem, in the onset, like distrusting her, to follow her any farther.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 47. MARTHA
4  On perceiving Monte Cristo, she arose and welcomed him with a smile peculiar to herself, expressive at once of the most implicit obedience and also of the deepest love.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 77. Haidee.
5  However implicit the faith of David was in the performance of ancient miracles, he eschewed the belief of any direct supernatural agency in the management of modern morality.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 26
6  They promised implicit obedience, and departed with alacrity on their different errands.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
7  We are sworn, once for all, to implicit confidence and devotedness against all proof.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 19 PLAN OF CAMPAIGN
8  She had known personally but one Mexican, who made and sold excellent tamales, and whom she would have trusted implicitly, so soft-spoken was he.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XV
9  But Duncan, who, in deference to the other's skill and services, had hitherto submitted somewhat implicitly to his dictation, now assumed the superior, with a manner that was not easily resisted.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 22
10  Notwithstanding this man was held in very unequal estimation among the Hurons, some believing implicitly in his power, and others deeming him an impostor, he was now listened to by all with the deepest attention.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 27
11  You promised to obey me implicitly.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 30. The Fifth of September.
12  "I believe you, my lord, as implicitly as if God had spoken to me," said the young girl, presenting her forehead to him.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 92. The Suicide.
13  He had a wild, hungry eye; and they implicitly believed him.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
14  My dear fellow, you must trust me implicitly and do exactly what I tell you.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13. Fixing the Nets
15  I rely implicitly on His power, and confide wholly in His goodness: I count the hours till that eventful one arrives which shall restore me to Him, reveal Him to me.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
Example Sentence:
1  This is seen as an implicit warning not to continue with military action.
2  Her words contained an implicit threat.
3  Jack never told Jill he adored her; he believed his love was implicit in his actions.
4  I rely implicitly on His power, and confide wholly in His goodness.