All 3 Uses of
insinuate
in
Babbitt
- 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.†
Chpt 17
- It sounded insinuating.†
Chpt 19 *
- 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!"†
Chpt 30
Definition:
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(insinuate) to imply (subtly suggest) something unpleasant