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Definition
to imply (subtly suggest) something unpleasant
- It sounded insinuating.Chapter 19 (98% in)
- He procured a trickle of insinuating items about neighborliness and the Bible, about class-suppers, jolly but educational, and the value of the Prayer-life in attaining financial success.Chapter 17 (62% in)
- You been doing a hell of a lot of insinuating and hinting around lately, as if I were leading a double life or something, and I'm damn sick of it, and I don't want to hear anything more about it!"Chapter 30 (93% in)
There are no more uses of "insinuate" in Babbitt.
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