implicative

• صفة تعني الميل إلى الإضمار أو التلميح إلى شيء دون التصريح به؛ وقد حلّ محلها إلى حد كبير لفظا 'implicatory' أو 'suggestive'.

An adjective meaning tending to imply or suggest something without being explicitly stated; now largely replaced by 'implicatory' or 'suggestive'.

1. Tending to suggest or implyC1formal

   Having the quality of suggesting something indirectly or hinting at a meaning without stating it explicitly.

   مُضَمَّن

   • His implicative remarks hinted at a deeper problem.
   • The author's implicative style leaves much to the reader's interpretation.
   • Her implicative gesture suggested she knew more than she was saying.

   المرادفاتallusiveconnotativeimplicationalimplicitinsinuatingsuggestive

   الأضدادcleardirectexplicitunambiguousunequivocal