implicitly

1. 1.

   without doubting or questioning

   “I implicitly trust him”
2. 2.

   without ever expressing so clearly

   “he implicitly assumes that you know the answer”

   Antonymsexplicitly

Questions about implicitly

What does implicitly mean?

implicitly means "without doubting or questioning". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in implicitly?

implicitly has 4 syllables: im-plic-it-ly. The stress falls on "plic". In IPA it is /ˌɪmˈplɪsətli/.

What is the opposite of implicitly?

The recorded antonyms are explicitly.

Is implicitly a common word?

implicitly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.