Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Making insinuations; hinting; insinuating.
  • Stealing into the affections; ingratiating.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Stealing on or into the confidence or affections; having power to gain favor.
  • adjective Using insinuations; giving hints; insinuating.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Tending to insinuate; insinuating

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