单词 | insinuative |
释义 | insinuativeadj. Characterized by insinuation, tending to insinuate. 1. Having the tendency or property of stealing into favour or confidence; subtly ingratiating. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [adjective] fikingc1230 papelarda1500 gnathonical1540 clawing1574 pickthank1575 slavering1575 claw-back1577 courting1580 fawning1585 adulatory1587 insinuating1592 insinuative1592 scraping1599 adulatorious1612 men-pleasing1615 pickthanking1621 sycophantical1632 gnathonic1637 insinuanta1639 sycophantizing1640 ingratiating1642 led1672 sycophanting1674 sycophantly1680 sycophanta1684 sycophantica1698 pickthankly1702 assiduous1725 foot-licking1786 tuft-hunting1789 sycophantish1821 favour-currying1831 bootlicking1849 toadying1863 creepy-crawly1890 slauming1904 toadyish1909 ass-licking1940 ass-kissing1942 brown-nosing1946 arse-licking1950 sucky1991 1592 F. Bacon Observ. Libel in Resuscitatio (1661) 108 Any Popular, or Insinuative, Carriage of Himself. 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus ii. 14 Preuent the wiles and policies of this tyrant; for he is of a serpentine, creeping, and insinuatiue nature. 1623 Bp. J. Hall Great Impostor 34 Is a man..plaine dealing? he is rudely vnciuill: Is he wisely insinuatiue? he is a flatterer. 1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. (1629) A iv b First, Proœme insinuatiue, Cap. i. ad Vers. 5. [Cf. insinuation n. 3b.] 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. vii. 15) The locusts also..have faces like women insinuative and flattering. 1683 W. Cave Ecclesiastici 93 His Discourse [was] plausible and insinuative. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iii. 249 The insinuative force of sympathy and intercourse with other people. 2. Tending to insinuate or gently instil into the mind. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > instilling ideas > [adjective] insinuative1786 1786 G. Chalmers Life De Foe (1841) 78 Such insinuative instruction as [has] seldom been equalled, but never surpassed. 3. Characterized by or involving insinuation or suggestion; given to or making insinuations; prone to allusive suggestion; suggestive, hinting. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > [adjective] glancing1596 allusive1607 indicative1624 suggestive1631 insinuative1649 suspicious1663 hinting1820 subindicative1822 subtextual1950 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > hidden or indirect meaning > [adjective] > communicating indirectly whispering1581 whistering1586 insinuative1649 insinuatory1872 1649 E. Sparke in J. Shute Sarah & Hagar To Rdr. sig. a2 None whatsoever extant, [writings are] so copious and insinuative in the Applications. 1736 T. Lediard Life Marlborough II. 223 What a Heap of insinuative Scandal..is here thrown upon the greatest Man of his Age. 1859 C. Kingsley Misc. (1860) II. 35 Not to excite the minds of the public against him by those insinuative or vituperative epithets, which are but adders and scorpions. Derivatives inˈsinuatively adv. in an insinuative manner. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [adverb] > surreptitiously or subtly insinuatively1617 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > hidden or indirect meaning > [adverb] sidelings?a1400 covertlyc1400 impliedlyc1449 by implicationa1575 implicatelya1575 implicatively1579 over the shoulder1596 interpretatively1602 implicitly1610 indirectly1613 insinuatively1617 enfoldedly1624 involvedly1624 tacitly1635 tacidly1640 by interpretation1692 adumbratively1753 inexplicitly1776 interpretively1867 1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. ii. viii. 309 Not literally, not expressely, but yet insinuatiuely and intentionally. a1706 J. Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) II. xi. 249 Craftily and insinuatively introduced by the subtlety of Satan. inˈsinuativeness n. insinuative quality. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] > quality or character of fawningness1672 pickthankness1672 insinuativeness1727 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Insinuatingness, Insinuativeness, insinuating Nature, Engagingness, Winningness. 1837 T. Hook Jack Brag I. ii. 42 Appeared to be wholly unconscious of his insinuativeness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < |
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