Both Uses of
insinuate
in
The Age of Innocence
- This was greeted with an irreverent laugh, and the youth blushed deeply, and tried to look as if he had meant to insinuate what knowing people called a "double entendre."†
Chpt 2 *
- "I don't know anything of Madame Olenska's private affairs; but I don't need to, to be certain that what you insinuate—"†
Chpt 26
Definition:
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(insinuate) to imply (subtly suggest) something unpleasant