insinuation

Noun

Meaning

The act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in.

The act of gaining favor, affection, or influence, by gentle or artful means; -- formerly used in a good sense, as of friendly influence or interposition.

The art or power of gaining good will by a prepossessing manner.

That which is insinuated; a hint; a suggestion or intimation by distant allusion; as, slander may be conveyed by insinuations.

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she refused to use insinuation in order to gain favor Source: Internet

Any insinuation to the contrary is unfounded and blatantly false,” text on the website reads. Source: Internet

But in his reaction, the NCDC DG, Ihekweazu has cautioned that this was not the time to make insinuation about the result, adding that out of five results there could be an error in one. Source: Internet

Freisler later rejected any insinuation that he had ever co-operated with the Nazi Regime's ideological enemy, but his subsequent career as a political official in Germany was over-shadowed by rumours about his time as a "Commissar" with the "Reds". Source: Internet

“For me, contrary to insinuation, I am wholly PDP through and through. Source: Internet

And the insinuation that my coming from another country undermines the legitimacy of my criticism is pretty bunk here - Chris Brown is an American and, unfortunately, so am I. I was hoping Lebanon would show a better face than my country does. Source: Internet

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