Intimating
[ɪntɪmətɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intimate
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Examples
- Sam buttoned the will carefully in a side pocket; intimating by a look, meanwhile, that he did mean it, and very seriously too. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The question was addressed to Bumble; but his wife anticipated the reply, by intimating that she was perfectly acquainted with it. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
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