| Library / English Dictionary |
INSINUATING
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Calculated to please or gain favor
Example:
a smooth ingratiating manner
Synonyms:
ingratiating; ingratiatory; insinuating
Classified under:
Similar:
flattering (showing or representing to advantage)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb insinuate
Context examples:
With the connivance and assistance of his wife he disguised himself, covered those keen eyes with tinted glasses, masked the face with a moustache and a pair of bushy whiskers, sunk that clear voice into an insinuating whisper, and doubly secure on account of the girl’s short sight, he appears as Mr. Hosmer Angel, and keeps off other lovers by making love himself.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
We turned back, on my humbly insinuating that it might be useful to me hereafter; and he told the clerk that the carrier had instructions to call for it at noon.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
“You never do anything else, except your work. You are always insinuating. You revel in it. And when you talk of Mr. Murdstone's good intentions—”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
I asked for no more information about Mr. Wickfield, as she offered none, and we conversed on other subjects until we came to Canterbury, where, as it was market-day, my aunt had a great opportunity of insinuating the grey pony among carts, baskets, vegetables, and huckster's goods.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
