Hi. Would you please explain [STRIKE]what is[/STRIKE] the difference [STRIKE]of the[/STRIKE] in usage of [STRIKE]these[/STRIKE] the two words in my title?
Thank you.
What's the difference between (1) "expressly" & "explicitly" and (2) "impliedly" & "implicitly"?
Thank you so much.
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Antony
17th December 2005
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Well for a start there is no such word as impliedly.
17th December 2005
From Reuters on 2006-1-17:
"It is difficult to defend the attorney general's declaration that the statute impliedly criminalizes physician-assisted suicide," Justice Anthony Kennedy said for the court majority.
The online dictionary defines '"impleidly" thus:
Im·pli·ed·ly adv.
By implication or inference. Bp. Montagu.
So obviously impliedly is a word but I have never seen it before. However, a search on A9 turns up many references that appear to be legal documents or arguments. It appears to be a legal term. Google fight has over 18 million references to "implicitly" and only 500,000 references to "impliedly."
If it's a legal term, you will learn its meaning when you study law. Otherwise, there's no point in asking ordinary people who have not even heard of it.