suggestive
adjective
that suggests; referring to other thoughts, persons, etc..
suggestively
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a word derived from
suggestive.
Example Sentences
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Then we get Ms. Morris’s marvelous painting of a solitary godwit in a suggestively tarnished sky.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
In his novella “The Turn of the Screw,” the connection between the supernatural and the psychological is allowed to suggestively simmer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2025
In the episode, which aired on Tuesday, Giuliani alleges that "SNL" “got intimidated of saying anything that might be suggestively racist,” which, he says, is racist “in itself.”
From Salon ● May 5, 2024
Sharply vivid rather than suggestively chimerical, the scenes and dances had a trim, finely honed character.
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2024
There was a little silence, and then Ingleby said suggestively, "They have been sending a good many of the Northwest Police into that country."
From Delilah of the Snows by Harold Bindloss
