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Definition of inkling in English: inklingnoun ˈɪŋklɪŋˈɪŋklɪŋ A slight knowledge or suspicion; a hint. the records give us an inkling of how people saw the world Example sentencesExamples - This is a moment when an older fascination with looking (at the mother's face, for an obvious example) collides with the initial inklings of self-awareness.
- I'm glad you found it funny, it shows that maybe I do have the remote inkling of a sense of humour hidden somewhere in my tiny brain.
- Few had the slightest inkling about the kind of music that was being played by the band.
- The first inklings in those years of widespread ecological damage and the risk of Cold War nuclear conflict further fed the fear that man's tools might be doing more harm than good.
- He appeared to be deep in thought, but no one could have had an inkling of what his thoughts were.
- And although we think we know, we have no idea, not an inkling of what is happening here.
- I suspected that, even at that early stage, he had an inkling that a terrible mistake had been made.
- To be honest, I had an inkling I would have to work most of the weekend, but I had no idea how hard.
- So we're getting these inklings of what it is, but we just can't know, and there isn't going to be any way to know this early.
- Patricia, what were the first inklings you had about this story?
- That might have been the first movie that I understood was bad when I was watching it in the theater - a ten-yer-old's first inklings of taste and judgment.
- I had an inkling of an idea, but didn't want to share it with her just yet, so I shook my head.
- If anyone reading this has an inkling as to what it is, please share the knowledge.
- It took them by surprise even though they had an inkling I wasn't happy.
- How was she to keep her promise if she had not an inkling of an idea who he was?
- She had inklings (well founded, I hasten to add) that her boyfriend was being unfaithful.
- No one knows my body as well as I do, so I had an inkling something new was amiss.
- He had it all mapped out and made certain Sally didn't have the slightest inkling that anything was up.
- She didn't have the slightest inkling that her career was about to take a major upturn.
- If she had the slightest inkling of the notion of democratic representation she would never be able to say this.
Synonyms idea, vague idea, notion, glimmering sense, impression, suggestion, indication, whisper, suspicion, sneaking suspicion, fancy, hunch knowledge, slight knowledge hint, clue, intimation, sign, pointer, insinuation, innuendo British informal the foggiest idea, the foggiest, the faintest idea, the faintest
Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'a mention in an undertone, a hint'): from the rare verb inkle 'utter in an undertone', of unknown origin. Definition of inkling in US English: inklingnounˈɪŋklɪŋˈiNGkliNG A slight knowledge or suspicion; a hint. the records give us an inkling of how people saw the world Example sentencesExamples - To be honest, I had an inkling I would have to work most of the weekend, but I had no idea how hard.
- If anyone reading this has an inkling as to what it is, please share the knowledge.
- She didn't have the slightest inkling that her career was about to take a major upturn.
- She had inklings (well founded, I hasten to add) that her boyfriend was being unfaithful.
- This is a moment when an older fascination with looking (at the mother's face, for an obvious example) collides with the initial inklings of self-awareness.
- Few had the slightest inkling about the kind of music that was being played by the band.
- How was she to keep her promise if she had not an inkling of an idea who he was?
- Patricia, what were the first inklings you had about this story?
- If she had the slightest inkling of the notion of democratic representation she would never be able to say this.
- He had it all mapped out and made certain Sally didn't have the slightest inkling that anything was up.
- It took them by surprise even though they had an inkling I wasn't happy.
- So we're getting these inklings of what it is, but we just can't know, and there isn't going to be any way to know this early.
- I had an inkling of an idea, but didn't want to share it with her just yet, so I shook my head.
- And although we think we know, we have no idea, not an inkling of what is happening here.
- I suspected that, even at that early stage, he had an inkling that a terrible mistake had been made.
- He appeared to be deep in thought, but no one could have had an inkling of what his thoughts were.
- That might have been the first movie that I understood was bad when I was watching it in the theater - a ten-yer-old's first inklings of taste and judgment.
- I'm glad you found it funny, it shows that maybe I do have the remote inkling of a sense of humour hidden somewhere in my tiny brain.
- The first inklings in those years of widespread ecological damage and the risk of Cold War nuclear conflict further fed the fear that man's tools might be doing more harm than good.
- No one knows my body as well as I do, so I had an inkling something new was amiss.
Synonyms idea, vague idea, notion, glimmering
Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘a mention in an undertone, a hint’): from the rare verb inkle ‘utter in an undertone’, of unknown origin. |