All 3 Uses of
intimation
in
Great Expectations
- A little later on in the dinner, Mr. Wopsle reviewed the sermon with some severity, and intimated—in the usual hypothetical case of the Church being "thrown open"—what kind of sermon he would have given them.†
p. 26.1intimated = hinted or suggested
- There was nobody but himself, he intimated, worthy of my confidence, and—in short, might he?†
p. 163.7
- Receiving this as an intimation that it was best not to delay, I settled that I would go to-morrow, and said so.†
p. 413.1 *intimation = a hint or suggestion of something
Definition:
a subtle hint or something indicated indirectly