Insinuation

Definitions

1. The act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in.
   countable, uncountable
2. The act of gaining favor, affection, or influence, by gentle or artful means; — formerly used in a good sense, as of friendly influence or interposition.
   countable, uncountable
3. The art or power of gaining good will by a prepossessing manner.
   countable, uncountable
4. That which is insinuated; a hint; a suggestion, innuendo or intimation by distant allusion
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Slander may be conveyed by insinuations.”

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