All 4 Uses of
intimation
in
The Mill on the Floss
- It was the plunging of some small body in the water from among the neighboring bulrushes; if it was not a water-rat, Bob intimated that he was ready to undergo the most unpleasant consequences.†
Chpt 1.6
- The muddy lanes, green or clayey, that seemed to the unaccustomed eye to lead nowhere but into each other, did really lead, with patience, to a distant high-road; but there were many feet in Basset which they led more frequently to a centre of dissipation, spoken of formerly as the "Markis o' Granby," but among intimates as "Dickison's."†
Chpt 1.8 *
- Here Mrs. Glegg's voice intimated that she was going to cry, and breaking off from speech, she rang the bell violently.†
Chpt 1.12
- As for Maggie, this intimation of a possibility she had not thought of before affected her as a new trouble; the bare idea of Tom's being always lame overpowered the assurance that such a misfortune was not likely to befall him, and she clung to him and cried afresh.†
Chpt 2.6
Definition:
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(intimation) a subtle hint or indirect suggestion