insinuate
verb (used with object)
to suggest or hint slyly.
insinuative
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a word derived from
insinuate.
Example Sentences
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Still, there was a strong sense of unity to the work, and a prevailing mood of insinuative bombast.
From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2015
Hello, Dolly!, a musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder's The Matchmaker, has eye appeal, ear appeal, love appeal and laugh appeal, but its most insinuative charm is its nostalgic appeal.
From Time Magazine Archive
He strikes just two vocal chords: one, the brawling ranter, the other the insinuative little-boy whiner.
From Time Magazine Archive
And but for the sly insinuative charms and stylish expertise of Rex Harrison and Claudette Colbert, The Kingfisher would swiftly be recognized for the plucked Broadway turkey that it is.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was deuced curt, it seemed to him, and veiled a sort of suggested laughter, if there was anything insinuative in polite phrases.
From Guns of the Gods by Talbot Mundy
