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insinuatingly

insinuatingly adverb: in an insinuating way.

Adverb

insinuatingly (comparative more insinuatingly, superlative most insinuatingly)

  1. In an insinuating way.
    • H. G. Wells
      It [electricity] came into the house with the cat on any dry day and crackled insinuatingly whenever he stroked her fur.

Forms of insinuatingly

comparativemore insinuatingly
superlativemost insinuatingly

Origin of insinuatingly

From insinuating + -ly.

Questions about insinuatingly

What does insinuatingly mean?
Insinuatingly means in an insinuating way.
What part of speech is insinuatingly?
Insinuatingly is an adverb.

Words near insinuatingly in the dictionary

  1. insinuate
  2. insinuated
  3. insinuates
  4. insinuateth
  5. insinuating
  6. insinuatingly
  7. insinuatingness
  8. insinuation
  9. insinuational
  10. insinuations
  11. insinuative

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