implicatory

comparative more implicatory · superlative most implicatory

1. Relating to implication.

   Where will you find a purer and more suggestive bit of criticism given in a fresher and more implicatory style than the following?

   1854 October, “You have heard of Them”, in D. W. Holly, editor, The United States Review, New York, N.Y.: Lloyd & Brainard […], page 327

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   "And further back there was an authentic satyr came into the family tree—so I'm told," continued Mr. Joolby, addressing himself to his prospective customer but turning to favour the scandalised Parkinson with an implicatory leer.

   1934, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], The Bravo of London

   Synonyms: implicative