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Meanings of insinuating in English

Calculated to please or gain favor.

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Usage of insinuating in English
1
A buzzing trombone, an insinuating saxophone: jazz, played a long way off.
Ghost Story
2
The eloquent and insinuating Massillon was called in to talk with her.
The Women of the French Salons
3
He spoke the last words in a tone half insinuating, half ironical.
Before the Dawn: A Story of the Fall of Richmond
4
Evidently he was insinuating that the washerwomen had stolen the linen themselves.
The Darling and Other Stories
5
His precise, insinuating delivery suggested horrors that Turner could not immediately grasp.
Atonement
6
You were insinuating that you struggled to come back down to earth.
Radio NZ
7
Something furry pushed itself against her side in one smooth, insinuating motion.
Coraline
8
His fawning manners and insinuating language varied according to the people addressed.
Derues / Celebrated Crimes
9
Ichabod, therefore, made his advances in a quiet and gently insinuating manner.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
10
All this was expounded in a veiled, clever, discreet and insinuating manner.
Mademoiselle Fifi
11
It was indeed Fanny's voice, in its most insinuating and deceitful tones.
Garman and Worse: A Norwegian Novel
12
The recession was hitting Ireland and gradually insinuating itself into people's lives.
The Irish Times
13
Her mission was too urgent for her to notice their insinuating remarks.
The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair / ...
14
He was possessed of the most insinuating address, shrewd, penetrating, and inquisitive.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. / Continued fro...
15
There is no suggestion so fatal, so insinuating, as that of impurity.
Pushing to the Front
16
His voice had dropped into a soft, silky half-tone, insinuating and persuasive.
The Puritans
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Insinuating through the time
Insinuating across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common