Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an insinuating manner; by insinuation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb By insinuation.
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- adverb In an
insinuating way.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in an insinuating manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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With your fascinations and "-- insinuatingly --" a word in season from me, I see no reason why you should not claim as your own the man whom you -- well, let us say, like; while I-- "
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''I feel her everywhere,'' Mrs. Danvers insinuatingly tells the second Mrs. de Winter, the unnamed narrator.
Psychos, Obsessives And Other Loons Mary Horlock 2011
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"You'll treat us well, I hope," he said insinuatingly.
Amateur Night 2010
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"You are a crack shot issuing DMCA takedown orders, I believe?" said the pirate, insinuatingly.
Shakespeare Help Needed ebenstone 2008
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One typical Fox story highlighted by Stewart commented insinuatingly that Barack Obama is ahead right now in many of the battleground states — the same states where investigations are under way for voter fraud.
Jon Stewart: Fox Ignoring ‘Clusterf#@k to the Poor House’ | Disinformation 2008
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Grinning insinuatingly at me, one of them picked up a small stone and heaved it out across the steely surface.
Sick Cycle Carousel 2010
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When the Resistance head insinuatingly asks our heroine how far she's prepared to go in pursuit of bringing down a powerful German commander, I fully expected her to answer "at least as far as Sharon Stone did," and sure enough, we see her bottle-blonding her pubes as well as her head.
Cheap Thrills on the Moral High Ground Roger Sutton 2007
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When Finlay asks if he had ever met Samuels before, Monty says no, then adds insinuatingly, Of course, I've seen a lot of guys like him.
Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007
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Even as he is making fun of him, Monty drapes his arm insinuatingly around Leroy's shoulders.
Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007
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In this episode, he and his magic unicorn Trixie and his father are visiting American Girl Place and he insinuatingly asks the clerk, "Do you have any American Girl ... accessories?"
And how! Roger Sutton 2007
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