Sure, they correlate with wealth, he opines, but perhaps aptitude does, as well.
“The president should have ordered the hanging of the local chief of security,” she opines.
"You could say it's the blondes and Bethenny versus the brunettes," he opines cheerfully.
And may we not say that the mind of the one who knows has knowledge, and that the mind of the other, who opines only, has opinion?
And his own way, he opines, must be the right way for every one.
I opines you takes my word for it that they are just what I says.
How can a man who opines or affirms, opine or affirm falsely — that is, opine or affirm the thing that is not?
He opines that this lignite is a mere indication of the immense vein of true carbon beneath.
My friend, Colonel Bramleigh, opines that a French cook always means nine-o'clock dinner.
The almost appropriate Stake is out of date, but Mr. Punch opines that the Pillory would be none too bad for them.
"express an opinion," mid-15c., from Middle French opiner (15c.) and directly from Latin opinari "have an opinion, be of opinion, suppose, conjecture, think, judge," perhaps related to optare "to desire, choose" (see option). Related: Opined; opining.
