implicative

• Adjetivo que indica a tendência de sugerir ou dar a entender algo sem dizê-lo explicitamente; hoje é em grande parte substituído por 'implicatório' ou 'sugestivo'.

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.

   Implicativo

   • 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.

   Sinônimosallusiveconnotativeimplicationalimplicitinsinuatingsuggestive

   Antônimoscleardirectexplicitunambiguousunequivocal