How to say "implicitly" in Japanese

• 暗にあんにCommon
  adverbCovers the 'tacitly; by implication' sense: the message is left unsaid but understood, as when one hints at disapproval or suggests something without stating it directly.
  この事ことが暗あんに意味いみすることは最初さいしょは理解りかいされなかった。↗

  The implications of this did not at first sink in.
• それとなくCommon
  adverbCovers the 'indirectly; obliquely' sense: doing something casually and unobtrusively so that one's real aim is not noticed, as when sounding someone out. Usually written in kana alone.
  彼かれの手紙てがみはその事件じけんにそれとなくふれている。↗

  His letter alludes to the event.

Use 「暗に」 for a meaning conveyed tacitly, beneath the surface, without being stated outright; use 「それとなく」 for acting in a casual, unobtrusive way so that one's real purpose goes unnoticed; the two overlap heavily.

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• 暗にあんにimplicitly
• それとなくindirectly