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1. By implication; the quality of a communication intended to convey something besides its literal content: “The Queen said, “please be seated, Prime Minister,” but out of the requirements of form: implicitly, in her expression, it was clear she wished the Prime Minister to remain standing. Nevertheless, he collapsed gratefully into a chair, put his feet up, farted, and enquired after a cup of tea”.
1. By implication; the quality of a communication intended to convey something besides its literal content:  


2. So profoundly that it need not be said out loud. “Elaine handed Roger the keys, and I could see she trusted him implicitly.”
“''The Queen said, “please be seated, Prime Minister,” but only out of the requirements of form; it was ~ clear she wished the First Lord of the Admiralty to remain standing.''


3. Indicative of a state of mind or knowledge one ''wishes'' one had had; that it would have been most ''convenient'' for one to have had but, on the plain facts available to any attentive bystander, it would have been quite preposterous for one to have had: “I believed implicitly that this was a work event.”
2. So profoundly that it need not be said out loud.
 
“''By handing Roger the keys Elaine made it clear she trusted him ~ ''.”
 
3. Indicative of a state of mind or knowledge one ''wishes'' one had had; that it would have been most ''convenient'' for one to have had but, on the plain facts available to any attentive bystander, it would have been quite preposterous for one to have ''actually'' had:  
 
“''I believed ~ that this was a work event.''
 
[[Implicit belief]] is a kind of dark inversion of [[constructive knowledge]]: whereas the latter is a hypothetical state of mind one claims not to have had but a court finds any half-decent person would have had, “implicit belief” is a state of mind one claims to have had but no-one with the first iota of life experience would believe for a moment a fully functioning adult human could ''actually'' have.
 
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Implicitly
/ɪmˈplɪsɪtli/ (adv.)

1. By implication; the quality of a communication intended to convey something besides its literal content:

The Queen said, “please be seated, Prime Minister,” but only out of the requirements of form; it was ~ clear she wished the First Lord of the Admiralty to remain standing.

2. So profoundly that it need not be said out loud.

By handing Roger the keys Elaine made it clear she trusted him ~ .”

3. Indicative of a state of mind or knowledge one wishes one had had; that it would have been most convenient for one to have had but, on the plain facts available to any attentive bystander, it would have been quite preposterous for one to have actually had:

I believed ~ that this was a work event.

Implicit belief is a kind of dark inversion of constructive knowledge: whereas the latter is a hypothetical state of mind one claims not to have had but a court finds any half-decent person would have had, “implicit belief” is a state of mind one claims to have had but no-one with the first iota of life experience would believe for a moment a fully functioning adult human could actually have.

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