implicative

• Adjetivo que indica la tendencia a implicar o sugerir algo sin decirlo explícitamente; en gran medida reemplazado actualmente por 'implicatorio' o 'sugerente'.

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.

   que implica o sugiere

   • 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.

   Sinónimosallusiveconnotativeimplicationalimplicitinsinuatingsuggestive

   Antónimoscleardirectexplicitunambiguousunequivocal