Both Uses of
insinuate
in
A Separate Peace
- A radio with a faulty connection played loud and rasping for a while, then suddenly quiet and insinuating.†
p. 89.1insinuating = implying (subtly suggesting) something unpleasant
- No one showed any interest in tracking me, no one pried, no one insinuated.
p. 91.8 *insinuated = implied (subtly suggested) something unpleasant
Definition:
to imply (subtly suggest) something unpleasant