insinuate
suomi-englanti sanakirjainsinuate englannista suomeksi
antaa ymmärtää, vihjailla
hivuttautua, ujuttautua
Verbi
insinuate englanniksi
To hint; to suggest tacitly (usually something bad) while avoiding a direct statement.
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(RQ:Jonson Alchemist)
(RQ:Charlotte Bronte Shirley)
(RQ:Dickens Our Mutual Friend)
To creep, wind, or flow into; to enter gently, slowly, or imperceptibly, as into crevices.
1728-1729, (w), ''An Attempt towards a Natural History of the Fossils of England''
- Water will insinuate itself into Flints through certain imperceptible Cracks
To ingratiate; to obtain access to or introduce something by subtle, cunning or artful means.
(RQ:Locke Human Understanding)
(RQ:Dryden Juvenal Satires)
(RQ:Clarendon History) insinuated himself into the very good grace of the Duke of Buckingham.
(RQ:Scott Rob Roy) he insinuated himself into the confidence of one already so forlorn—(nb...)
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