暗に|あんにanni[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. adverbimplicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
   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.

• SynonymそれとなくNeutralTactfully and unobtrusively, getting the point across without spelling it out, as in 「それとなく注意する」; 「暗に」 hints with the meaning left between the lines.
• SynonymそれとなしにWrittenWritten variant for hinting subtly and unobtrusively; less common. 「暗に」 stresses not saying it outright but letting the meaning be sensed.
• SynonymそれとはなしにWrittenWritten adverb for hinting indirectly, in passing; 「暗に」 leans toward veiled allusion.
• Related間接的かんせつてきNeutralObjectively describes a manner as indirect, as in 「間接的な影響」; 「暗に」 points to meaning implied beyond the words.
• RelatedよそながらWrittenWritten adverb for acting from afar or not in person, as in 「よそながら案じる」「よそながらお祝い申し上げます」; 「暗に」 is about hinting.
• Antonym明らかにNeutralPlainly and clearly; the opposite of 「暗に」 in stating things openly rather than by implication.
• Antonym露骨にNeutralBlatantly, with no attempt at disguise, as in 「露骨に嫌がる」; the opposite of 「暗に」's restraint.

Use 「暗に」 for hinting with the meaning left between the lines, as in 「暗に批判する」「暗にほのめかす」. For tactful, unobtrusive subtlety choose 「それとなく」; for a manner described as indirect, 「間接的」. The opposites are 「明らかに」 and 「露骨に」.

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1. はっきりとは示しめさないさま。