English Explanatory Dictionary

between the lines

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prep_phrase
  1. By implication or way of inference; indirectly.

Word forms

between the lines

Etymology

Probably from glosses and commentaries which were written between the lines and provided the reader with additional information not explicitly stated in the text.

Derived words

read between the lines
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