Definition for IM-PLIC'IT-LY

IM-PLIC'IT-LY, adv.

  1. By inference deducible, but not expressed in words; virtually; in reality, but not in name. He that denies the providence of God, implicitly denies his existence. Bentley.
  2. By connection with something else; dependently; with unreserved confidence; without doubting, or without examining evidence. We are disposed to believe implicitly what a man of veracity testifies. Learn not to dispute the methods of his providence, but humbly and implicitly to acquiesce in and adore them. Atterbury.

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