Verb (used with object) : He insinuated that they were lying. ,to insinuate doubts through propaganda. ,to insinuate oneself into favor. From Dictionary.com.
Which was a bit insinuative, but it worked, you know. From Wordnik.com. [Kennedy and Nixon: The Rivalry That Shaped Postwar America] Reference
Finding nothing insinuative, he moved on to the storeroom. From Wordnik.com. [The Mocking Program]
What exactly was “false” rather than just imbalanced, selective, insinuative, and otherwise objectionable?. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Explaining Brodhead] Reference
Quite frankly, I am appalled by the disrespectful, insinuative and highly partisan nature of many of these comments. From Wordnik.com. [Q. and A. With Taghreed El-Khodary in Gaza - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
Mr. Powell, playing double-stroke rolls on his toms, was insinuative; Mr. Marsalis, starting out with a fusillade on his snare, was aggressive. From Wordnik.com. [Jazzfest: Drum Battles and a Tribute to Max Roach - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
A voice, which was unctuous and insinuative, emanated from the figure. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Bag] Reference
And he is indeed a mighty delectable fellow! wise too, and full of the most insinuative counsel. From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England] Reference
She was watching her pupil, storing up in her memory the mispronunciations and vulgarisms for later insinuative improvement. From Wordnik.com. [The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes] Reference
It was deuced curt, it seemed to him, and veiled a sort of suggested laughter, if there was anything insinuative in polite phrases. From Wordnik.com. [Guns of the Gods]
'Wertheimer' isn't my name, but it is so closely identified with my -- ah -- insinuative personality as to warrant the misapprehension. From Wordnik.com. [The Lone Wolf A Melodrama] Reference
And lastly, for imaginative or insinuative reason, which is the subject of rhetoric, we think it best to refer it to the arts of reason. From Wordnik.com. [The Advancement of Learning] Reference
But it's exactly that type of insinuative characterization that instantly makes Sarek one of the most memorable characters to ever appear on "Star Trek.". From Wordnik.com. [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference
Yes, one of Tori Amos's most recognizable songs seems to be little more than a random string of words arranged next to one another, with a catchy, disturbing and insinuative trauma-implied refrain. From Wordnik.com. [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference
And one of the things that we thought, it would be proved and as just its insinuative, its prudent not a tremendous amount of evidence so a little bit here and there when we have some head-to-head competitive fights on larger deals. From Wordnik.com. [Networking Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha] Reference
Further than this Mrs. Barton's thoughts did not travel, but they were clear and precise thoughts, and with much subtlety and insinuative force she applied herself to the task of overcoming her daughter's weakness and strengthening her in this overthrow of vanity and self-love. From Wordnik.com. [Muslin] Reference
I’d like to hear from y’all about how YOU would respond to the insinuative assertion “if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear.” i.e., if you assert your 4th Amendment right to privacy and get the even implicit response “what have you got to hide?”. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » Punk’d] Reference
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