insinuatoryadj.
/ɪnˈsɪnjuːətəri/ = insinuative adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > hidden or indirect meaning > [adjective] > communicating indirectly
whispering1581
whistering1586
insinuative1649
insinuatory1872
1872 J. Morley Voltaire iii. 118 This philosophising is very much more indirect, insinuatory, and furtive.
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adj.1872- to knock seven bells out of a person
- to knock seven kinds of —— out of
- to knock seven kinds of —— out of a person
- to knock sideways
- to knock some sense into
- to knock some sense into a etc
- to knock some sense into a organization
- to knock some sense into a person
- to knock someone for a goal
- to knock someone for six
- to knock something out of the park
- to knock spots off
- to knock the ball out of the park
- to knock the balls about
- to knock the bottom out of
- to knock the end in or off
- to knock the hindsight out or off
- to knock the nonsense, etc, out of
- to knock the socks off
- to knock the soul bolts
- to knock the spots off
- to knock the starch out of
- to knock the stuffing out of
- to knock to pieces
- to knock together