Meanings of insinuating manner in English

Ichabod, therefore, made his advances in a quiet and gently insinuating manner.

All this was expounded in a veiled, clever, discreet and insinuating manner.

His soft insinuating manner had vanished; he spoke roughly and impatiently.

I began in that dexterous, insinuating manner, of which I am truly proud.

He has a flattering, insinuating manner, which naturally prejudices strangers in his favour.

I know his type: small and dark, with a pointed beard and insinuating manner.

Liza could bear no longer Mrs. Garth's insinuating manner.

But as he walked there, Yellow Panther came again, and spoke to him with sly, insinuating manner:

There was something in the man's lowered tone and insinuating manner that made me set him down as a lawyer.

MOOR (in an insinuating manner).

Having certain objects to gain, Jervy put his arm round her waist, and looked and spoke in his most insinuating manner.

His face was furrowed by premature wrinkles; there was a certain hardness about it in spite of his bland and insinuating manner.

The Abbe Dubois has an insinuating manner towards every one; but more particularly towards those of whom he had the care in their childhood.

There was a free, off-hand, yet insinuating manner about Mrs. Claxton, that, while it won the confidence of a certain class of minds, repulsed others.

"Well, Mr. Mole, name somebody," said Monday, in his most insinuating manner.

"He can't, you meant to say," replied Puchol, in an insinuating manner.