Both Uses of
insinuate
in
Crime and Punishment
- "I perceive, Avdotya Romanovna, that you seem disposed to undertake his defence all of a sudden," Luzhin observed, twisting his lips into an ambiguous smile, "there's no doubt that he is an astute man, and insinuating where ladies are concerned, of which Marfa Petrovna, who has died so strangely, is a terrible instance.†
Chpt 4.2
- All this you understand was with the object of dividing me from my mother and sister, by insinuating that I was squandering on unworthy objects the money which they had sent me and which was all they had.†
Chpt 5.3 *
Definition:
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(insinuate) to imply (subtly suggest) something unpleasant