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insinuative



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Still, there was a strong sense of unity to the work, and a prevailing mood of insinuative bombast.

From New York Times • Nov. 19, 2015

Hello, Dolly!, a musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder's The Matchmaker, has eye appeal, ear appeal, love appeal and laugh appeal, but its most insinuative charm is its nostalgic appeal.

From Time Magazine Archive

From the beginning, he is morally wary of Cassius' insinuative efforts to draw him into a conspiracy against Caesar.

From Time Magazine Archive

He strikes just two vocal chords: one, the brawling ranter, the other the insinuative little-boy whiner.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was deuced curt, it seemed to him, and veiled a sort of suggested laughter, if there was anything insinuative in polite phrases.

From Guns of the Gods by Mundy, Talbot




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