Literary notes about implied (AI summary)
Writers use the term "implied" to signal meanings or conditions that are suggested rather than directly stated. In literature it can point to subtle undercurrents in tone or appearance—a character’s facial expression or behavior may imply an inner state that is left for the reader to discern [1][2]. The term also serves as a bridge between the literal and the inferential in nuanced narrative constructs, where an idea, relationship, or condition is understood on the basis of context without being explicitly detailed [3][4]. Additionally, in discussions of legal, philosophical, or logical arguments, "implied" designates assumptions or effects that are inherent rather than overtly declared, inviting deeper reflection on the nature of evidence and meaning [5][6].
- He had that in his face which you could not term unhappiness; it rather implied an incapacity of being happy.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 by Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb - The tone implied some old acquaintance—and how could she possibly guess? “Knightley!”
— from Emma by Jane Austen - The first thing which is implied in the notion of the causal relation is the idea of efficacy, of productive power, of active force.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim - It is permitted to use, as Premisses, not only all that is here asserted , but also all that we may reasonably understand to be implied .
— from Symbolic Logic by Lewis Carroll - Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages.
— from Pan Tadeusz; or, The last foray in Lithuania by Adam Mickiewicz - But neither the contract nor the implied condition calls for the existence of the facts as to which the false representations were made.
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes
