implicative

• Прилагательное, означающее склонность подразумевать или намекать на что-то без явного указания; в настоящее время в значительной степени заменено на 'implicatory' или '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.

   Подразумевающий

   • 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.

   Synonymsallusiveconnotativeimplicationalimplicitinsinuatingsuggestive

   Antonymscleardirectexplicitunambiguousunequivocal